Mexico is in the midst of Revolution when the protagonist returns after studying in Paris to find his native town in Chihuahua occupied by Francisco Villa’s revolutionary forces. He visits his deserted home and remembers people and events from his adolescence that provide glimpses of pre-Revolutionary society under dictatorship: his uncle, the chief of police; his sister’s involvement with a liberal political association; bathing with the girls from a local brothel; a labor strike that ended in a massacre. Returning to the present he discovers that his father has been assassinated and, in the company of his father’s former servant, joins the revolutionary movement.
as María del Rayo, la Coquena
as Don Ernesto Domínguez
as Luciano
as David Domínguez
as Don Pancho
as Madre Soldadera
as Claudia Guadalajara
as Petrita
as General Cardiel
as Doña Cuca
as El Cura
as General Francisco Villa
as Enrique
as Subteniente Federal
as Capitán Federal
as La Maestra
as Hijo Soldadera
as Barbarita
as Leobardo López
as Jesús José Licón
as Juana la loca
as Thomas Benton
as Kika
as Santos
as Adolph Benton
as Don Francisco Domínguez
as Amado
as David (adolescente)
as Papá Juan
as María
as Petronila
as Juan Bejareno
as Sargento federal
as Ranchero rajón
as Esteban, joven
