Patada de Mula, an old retired boxer, lives with the guilt of having killed his opponent in his last fight, but he works as a masseur in a gym, sells balloons on Sundays and with the proceeds supports the widow of the opponent he killed and his son El Kid, an aspiring boxer, without his knowledge. Patada is also in love with his neighbor Marga, a young woman who is pushed into prostitution by the gangster Duque and his own father, but to whom Patada sends letters as an anonymous lover. The Kid is sponsored by Duke and detests Patada for the death of his father, but when he throws him out of the inn that his mother tends she confesses to him what he has done for them and the Kid asks her forgiveness and makes him his second.

Western gunfighter Billy Kid decides to embark upon a new life and, accompanied by his sister, sets off on the long journey to his ranch. The journey is fraught with danger as Billy is attacked by both gunmen and lawmen.

Wanted criminal has plastic surgery, starts new life in a distant town. Old habits die hard.

Hotel with a dozen stories unfolding simultaneously: man with brain tumor, child with leukemia, drug-traffic magnate and his paid escort, rich widow and her paid escort, lesbian seduction scenario, etc etc...

Mourners share their memories of a dead film-star at her wake, a la Citizen Kane. Only melodrama.

1949 film by Julio Bracho

Anthology-movie with episodes set in Cuba, Mexico and Colombia.

1951 film by José Díaz Morales

1948 film by Julio Bracho

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family although they only care about money and not the virtues of man.

Two young waitresses, Laura and Eva, become romantically involved with a movie distributor, Adrian, and his friend Luis.

television series

A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.