Crossings

Amid the cracked granite and boulder-strewn mountains across the California-Mexico border two villages exist side-by-side. Aurelio Gonzalez a headstrong but naïve college graduate arrives from Mexico City to fulfill his national teaching commitment.</p><p>In the early 1990s international turmoil has turned the villages' peaceful coexistence into a cauldron of conflict. When Aurelio learns that he is but a ghost professor in Baja California he crosses the newly-tense border to find work in the U.S. and touches the heart of his boss Kristin Kuhl.</p><p>But U.S. Border Patrol agent Raul Camacho has other ideas for Kristin's affections. Complicating Aurelio's troubled world Mexican villager Marta Uribe tempts Aurelio with a more profitable more sensuous path. The mysterious smuggler on the hill also has a special plan for Aurelio.</p><p>Through it all the dreamy magic of the jungle lands of southern Mexico helps Aurelio find his way.