Outfest Los Angeles 2023, an LGBTQ+ film festival, just announced that the highly anticipated YA novel-turned-film ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’ will be its opening film!
‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’, based on a novel of the same title by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, tells the story of two teenage Mexican Americans in El Paso, Texas, Aristotle Mendoza and Dante Quintana, who forge a friendship, explore their sexualities, and understand themselves and their families through the realities of a rather harsh world. Aristotle is played by Max Pelayo while Dante Quintana is portrayed by Reese Gonzales. Trans filmmaker Aitch Alberto directed the film.