- Los Encinos is a human element story that explores tragedy and forgiveness as it parallels the lives of a struggling South Texas ranch family and a Mexican immigrant both hoping for a better future. The film chronicles the final fateful steps of their journeys as they converge.—Anonymous
- Los Encinos is a human element story that explores tragedy and forgiveness. The film parallels the lives of two men, a South Texas rancher, Heston, and a Mexican immigrant, Lalo. On the surface, these two men couldn't be more different. Their lives are separated by hundreds of miles, ethnicity and language. However, Heston and Lalo are strikingly similar.
Heston and his family are struggling to make a living on their cattle ranch. He is forced to seek additional income by supplying stock for the rodeo circuit. Similarly, Lalo and his family are struggling to make ends meet. Some of his family members are able to work in their small town however the harder they work, the deeper they fall into poverty. Lalo, like Heston, is forced to leave his home and loved ones in order to provide for his family.
The film takes an honest look at the thin line between order and chaos. As the story unfolds, we see Heston and Lalo, both principled men, struggle to do what is right in the most difficult of circumstances. Seeing these men in terrible situations, we ask, what is the relationship between morality and the human condition? How do people respond to lifes most difficult challenges?
Los Encinos chronicles the lives of these two men and the final steps of their journeys as they converge.
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