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A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
After surviving a violent assault, Julia Trujillo, a trans woman, moves to Los Angeles hoping for a fresh start. Alone in a new city, she dives back into dating, only to find herself navigating a series of unfortunate dates with men who see her as a fantasy rather than a person. As the dates unravel and her loneliness grows, Julia is forced to confront what she's truly searching for, and what it may cost her to keep looking.
After her grandmother passes away, a grieving Mexican-American woman becomes fascinated with learning what it feels like to die, believing it will allow her to feel close to her grandma in death in a way she never felt in life.
