East Side Story

East Side Story
2006
★★★☆☆ 5.0/10
⏱️ 88 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaComedyRomance
Diego is a gay but closeted Hispanic chef living in East Los Angeles who works in the restaurant operated by his grandmother. Frustrated by the secretive lifestyle he shares with his similarly closeted lover, Pablo, Diego finds himself attracted to Wesley, one of the openly gay Caucasian men he feels are gentrifying his neighborhood. Their relationship pushes Diego to consider the possibility of a life he had never imagined.

Crew

Director
Carlos Portugal
Writer
Charo Toledo, Carlos Portugal
Producer
Alexander Coss, Mary Feuer, David Melito

Production

Into Action Films

Keywords

coming outmale friendshiprestaurant ownerinterracial romanceman pretending to be straightrole playingeast los angeleshispaniclgbtracial stereotype