In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself in New York City where he meets Jack, a college age pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

DIRECTOR’S NOTES:
Growing up in Manhattan, I always viewed the city as both an inspiring and emotionally confined place. When I moved to Mexico City during the pandemic, the distance allowed me to reflect on my relationship to New York, and explore both its most alluring and toxic elements. Moving away from home gave me the space to see the landscape of Pet Shop Days with a new perspective—I wanted to write a love letter to a New York that no longer exists, where chance encounters are everywhere and the possibilities are endless. Pet Shop Days is a film about confronting life’s disappointments. Everyone is alone in their own way, and we are drawn to each other through a strong feeling of isolation. And when we’re desperate to escape our own isolation, sometimes the unexpected can change us in an irreversible way—for better or for worse.