DESIERTO Trailer Debut Experience the new DESIERTO trailer! The film, written and directed by Jonás Cuarón, stars Gael García Bernal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Diego Cataño, and Butch McCain. DESIERTO will be released in theaters on March 4. A group of people trying to cross the border from Mexico into the United States encounter a man who has taken up border patrol duties in his own racist hands.