Cristina works onshore, and La Bonita aboard Amazon cargo boats in Peru. Both are trans, have lived as gay, and navigate the roles society assigns: often as cooks, sometimes as sex workers, always as caregivers. Cristina sees her life as a blessing, supporting her family and hoping to become a godfather. La Bonita longs for acceptance in the evangelical church. Their stories unfold amid the river’s churn, where the true cargo is people like them. In his debut feature, Fermin de la Serna captures Indigenous and queer lives with stunning cinematography, empathy, and realism—reflecting gender as an evolving, reclaiming process shaped by colonial history.

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