trato de novios

an autopsy of desire

What do you swallow today?

There is only one problem.

Trato de Novios.

A man and a woman find each other.

Now, what can go wrong with that?

Let me tell you.

Men only want one thing from her. That's been the case since she was sixteen. And they are only good for one thing in return.

This one thinks he's different.

They turn heads in the supermarket. The department store. The gas station.

The weeds that grow along the curb seem so much taller after it rains. Sometimes, hope makes a comeback or at least a cameo.

There is only one problem.

This man and this woman—they meet in a brothel. A massage parlour. Yeah, those things are legal in Mexico.

Is that a problem? Why? Why is it a problem?

And if it's not a problem—why not? How can it not be?

Trato de Novios.

If it sounds possible, that's because it is.


Hope makes a cameo.

Truth is often found in the unscripted, the uncomfortable, and the unresolved.


Call it a Confession.

Extras. Cost extra.

El patrón se volvió loco.

¡Pásele, caballero! ¡Pásele!

Versión en español.

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