Chronicle Caste War in Yucatan held in the nineteenth century, where the land and the people were the property of the landowners, who called themselves " divine caste ". On one hand, General Salvador Alvarado organized the revolution; on the other, the landowners hire Colonel Ortiz Argumedo to organized the defense of their autonomy. Don Wilfrido, one of the masters, do not hesitate to send his son to fight to maintain their wealth and privileges.
Acting
Ignacio López Tarso's aristocratic rot is deliciously hateable
Cinematography
Yucatán's landscape shot like a character bleeding dry
Direction
Pastor balances epic scope with intimate family poison
Director
Julián Pastor
Ignacio López Tarso
Don Wilfrido
Ana Luisa Peluffo
Tulita
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Abel Ortiz Argumedo
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos
General Salvador Alvarado
Tina Romero
Elidé
Sergio Calderón
Padre Chano
René Cardona
Consul Cubano
Blanca Torres
Doña Amira
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Jr.
Panelio Peon
Lina Montes
Doña Engracia
Ignacio Retes
Don Emilio
José Nájera
Don Nico
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