Dan Bootzin

Alex, a struggling painter, is going through a particularly bad patch. Dumped by his girlfriend and unable to get work, Alex finds his life taking a rare upswing when he moves into a new apartment and falls for his neighbor, Lori. But when things start to go wrong between Alex and Lori, their close proximity to each other proves to have an enormous downside, leading to further amusing antics.

"Hermanos" is the story of Juan and Mateo, two childhood friends whose older brothers are leaders of rival Latino street gangs. It's about the struggle to maintain a friendship while staying loyal to family in an unforgiving neighborhood.

In a typical thin walled apartment house, tennants are regularly bothered by the noise created by other tennants. However on this particular morning something rather extraordinary happens.

At 6 AM in LA, a man gets the newspaper, shaves, brushes, flosses, and reads. A headline reads, ”Tenants want quake safety.” In the next apartment, a clock radio blares Latin music, waking a young couple and their baby. They argue about the music, then tickle, laugh, and return to bed. As the man sits, the couple’s bedstead bangs against the wall, causing plaster to fall, medicines to spill, the toothbrush glass to shatter, and car alarms to go off. Is it good sex or a 6.9 earthquake?