Simple treasures

Newly released from a mental institution, Simples first job is caring for Emmett, a crusty drunkard dying of cancer on a ranch in Utah. Simples first fragile friendship is with Emmetts grandson Jude, a gay youth in Gothic drag who gets nothing but grief from his grandfather. In an attempt to help both men, Simple, a Shoshone Indian, decides to perform a ceremony that will save Emmett by transferring his spirit into the body of a falcon. Working to capture a falcon will bring Emmett and Jude closer as Jude and Simples growing love for each other blossoms, but all is not well. When the ranch, Judes future, and Simples happiness are threatened, more than Emmetts spirit faces a bleak future.