Pedro Almodóvar's 30-minute film about two cowboys who once were lovers is the director's first attempt at western.
1910. Silva, a solid and emotional guy of Mexican origin, crosses the desert that separates his ranch from the town of Bitter Creek on horseback. He is going to visit Sheriff Jake, a friend from his youth, when both worked as hired gunmen. The two men are now in their fifties. It's been twenty-five years since Silva last saw Sheriff Jake, a strict, cold and inscrutable man, almost the opposite to himself. That night, at the Sheriff's house, they eat a meat stew Jake has cooked, they drink, and they make love, all of it in abundance.
"Although I'm a great admirer of the genre, I never thought that I'd end up making a western. /.../ My first intention was to give voice to these two middle-aged, queer men who traditionally have remained silent in a genre like the western. I was attracted by the idea of breaking that silence. Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee is the closest Hollywood has come to telling a story about two men who love each other and talk about it, but the lovers in Ang Lee's film are shepherds, so I don't include the film in the western genre." (Pedro Almodóvar)