East side Story (2006)

East Side Story


USA, 2006, 88 min, video
In English


Directed By: Carlos Portugal

Diego, a young, closeted Latino, helps his grandmother run the family restaurant while carrying on a clandestine relationship with equally closeted Pablo. Diego has long felt trapped by the conservative culture of East LA and plans to move away and open an upscale restaurant, hopefully with his lover. But Pablo views their situation very differently – a point driven home when he begins dating Diego’s spirited Aunt Bianca. At the same time, white gay men like Jonathan and Wesley are moving in, gentrifying the neighborhood. The attraction between Wesley and Diego is immediate and electric, forcing both men to re-examine their state of affairs in this entertaining comedic drama.