Miguel Martin, a gay man from México City, goes to Seville to trace his 16th century ancestors, hoping to make sense of an inherited blood disease. It is one that runs in Sephardic Jewish families. His quest unearths long-buried secrets and inspires him to take bold steps in his own life. While in Spain, he suffers an anemic episode and ends up in the care of Carla Reyes, an attending physician at the local hospital. Layers of Andalusian history and the spiritual pageantry of Seville's Semana Santa are the backdrop for the discoveries Miguel makes and the challenges he faces as he navigates competing romantic sentiments ? those for the strikingly handsome Juan Moreno and unexpected ones that unfold between him and Carla, who he discovers belatedly, is a trans woman. Their mounting sexual passion celebrates a rich poetics of intimacy, the realization that our identities - particularly around spirituality, the body, gender, and sexuality - are complex and fluid and capable of extraordinary imagination.
