Ramón
Río abajo es la historia de Rosario, una atractiva muchacha campesina que, en su búsqueda de superación, llega a trabajar con Doña Justa, dueña de un lugar de dudosa reputación. Filme basado en el relato sandías ribereñas del libro Cuentos del Maule del escritor Mariano Latorre.
El Chepo (Lucho Córdoba) must take care of his six brothers, all laborers on a quiet farm. The arrival of the landlady, with her two daughters and their suitor, upsets the place. After several entanglements, El Chepo must go to Santiago on an errand, but is the victim of the "uncle's story", losing all the money, being forced to perform all the possible tasks to recover it.
Lorenzo
Flor del Carmen, daughter of the foreman of a farm, is in love with a peon: her father is opposed to this marriage, but instead yields to the threats of a rich and cynical peasant who lent him money while in trouble, in exchange he offers his daughter to him.