Gun Hill Road

Gun Hill Road

You can't escape who you are.

201186 min5.7 / 10

A raw, intimate family drama about an ex-con grappling with his son's gender transition and his own capacity for acceptance, grounded in the specificity of Bronx Puerto Rican life.

An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.

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