
1931, a year of nationalisms and excesses: The Chinese are expelled from Sonora; the US deports Mexicans and closes its borders. Twelve desperate people cross the Sonoran desert in a 1929 Chrysler, hoping to find peace in Baja California. As their sojourn exposes both the best and the worst of human nature, racism, greed, and paranoia prove as deadly as the merciless landscape around them.

as Emeterio

as Alma

as Doña Rosario

as Marcos

as Sánchez

as Pedro

as Pilar

as Lee Wong

as Yuma Joe

as Tony

as Aarón

as Anita

as María

as Comisario

as Oficial Border Patrol

as Oficial Migración México

as Dr. Lao Chan

as Curandero

as Emeterio Joven

as Mujer O'edham