SOME SUMMERS CHANGE EVERYTHING.

In a tight knit Dominican American community in the Bronx, Rico is hustling his way through the summer, selling bootleg "nutcracker" cocktails out of a beach cooler and chasing girls without a care in the world. But when his teenage girlfriend, Destiny, begins crashing at his place with his family, turning their small apartment into a stage for their messy, complicated young love, it's only a matter of time before they're hit with the sobering reality of growing up too fast in a city that waits for no one.

World premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the NEXT Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast, before an international premiere at the 75th Berlinale. The debut feature of Bronx-born filmmaker Joel Alfonso Vargas, shot on the streets of his home borough in 16 days using a largely street-cast ensemble, this is a film about Dominican-American life in the Bronx that fills a gap rarely addressed in American independent cinema.

Languages: English with some Spanish dialogue. English subtitles available for the full film; English subtitles for the Spanish dialogue are additionally burnt in and cannot be turned off.