Ang Lee's heart-wrenching drama chronicles the forbidden love shared between two cowboys. Ennis Del Mar (Ledger) and Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) are two ranch-hands herding sheep on a lonely mountain in 1963 Wyoming. What begins as a simple friendship explodes into a physical and emotional affair that they agree must be suppressed once the summer ends. Both men move on with their lives over the years...

Ang Lee's heart-wrenching drama chronicles the forbidden love shared between two cowboys. Ennis Del Mar (Ledger) and Jack Twist (Gyllenhaal) are two ranch-hands herding sheep on a lonely mountain in 1963 Wyoming. What begins as a simple friendship explodes into a physical and emotional affair that they agree must be suppressed once the summer ends. Both men move on with their lives over the years and raise families, but the passion they share refuses to be denied.