Writer/director Jesse Harris uses the feature to bookend the story with text about the devastating impact of pharmaceutical drugs and how they can lead individuals toward personal ruin.
The film follows Elly, a young botanist who has relocated to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species. Her quiet field research is shattered when she witnesses a small ultralight plane crash nearby. Upon investigating the wreckage, she is taken hostage by the pilot—an inexperienced drug mule who was smuggling narcotics across the Mexican border. Borrego (2022)
Despite their opposing roles as captive and captor, Elly and the mule are forced to find common ground to survive the environment and the external threats closing in. Writer/director Jesse Harris uses the feature to bookend