Set in a sordid, pathetic and painful Mexico. In the brothel of a small town survive Manuela, a transvestite, and Japonesita, a young prostitute daughter of one of Manuela’s affair. Don Alejo, the old cacique of the place, wants to buy the brothel to sell it to an organization along with the rest of the town. The returning of Pancho, a young truck driver, Don Alejo’s godson, unleashes the tensions between the characters.

DIRECTOR:

Arturo Ripstein

CAST:

México, 1978. Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras, Miguel Garzón, Lucha Villa, Ana Martín, Gonzalo Vega, Julián Pastor,