Latin (i’ra),n.f: anger,wrath, rage
Santa Fe, New Mexico. A young man stands among a crowd of men, some legal residents, most not. In a ritual performed around the United States every day, they wait for the opportunity to work. A rancher stops and chooses one young man, then heads south towards his ranch in the high desert. Along the way he picks up a hitchhiker who joins the young man in the back of the pickup. After the truck breaks down and the rancher heads for help, the two men find themselves alone, face to face. Recently unemployed, the hitchhiker senses an opportunity to lay blame for all of his-and society’s-problems.