Jorge
In the spring of 1980, Esther Jochmann, a young Austrian woman, flies to San Salvador. Her husband, a journalist, has been killed. She has to identify his corpse so that the authorities will allow it to be transferred to Europe. She learns that Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was also a victim of an assassination, had granted a taped interview to her husband. Padre Manuel hands the tape over to her. Esther accompanies the Padre and John, an American reporter, who are trying to find the murderers.
Owner of an auto repair shop deals with marital problems and neighborhood gangsters running stolen cars and contraband electronics.
Zacarías
Minister with four virgin daughters inherits a bordello. The land contains a silver mine and the corrupt sheriff tries to force them to leave.
Ignacio
Carrying his son on his back, a man travels from place to place looking for a doctor to treat the sick boy. As they journey, the indio father tells the boy stories to keep him distracted. These stories reveal the life of native peoples in Mexico, both in the countryside and in cities, and they shed light on characteristic beliefs and rituals.
Frontier boy orphaned after a military actiion,, escapes with his horse into Mexico and has adventures.
El Greñas
El Chavito
멕시코 갱의 보스인 제페(El Jefe: 에밀리오 페르난데즈 분)는 자신의 딸을 임신시킨 알프레도 가르시아의 목을 잘라 오는 사람에게 백만달러를 주겠다고 말한다. 이에 제페의 부하이자 동성애자인 두 킬러가 바의 주인인 베니(Bennie: 워렌 오아티스 분)와 함께 가르시아의 목을 가지러 떠난다. 베니는 자신의 애인이자 창녀인 엘리타(Elita: 이셀라 베가 분)로부터 가르시아가 이미 죽어서 묘지에 묻혔다는 것을 알게 된다. 이제 베니와 엘리타는 백만 달러의 꿈에 부풀어 가르시아의 묘지로 향한다. 무덤을 파헤쳐 가르시아의 목을 잘라 올 작정인 것이다. 베니는 도중에 만난 오토바이족들을 처치하는데는 성공하지만 라이벌인 다른 멕시코 갱들에게 걸려 엘리타는 죽고 그는 모진 구타를 당한 뒤 가르시아의 목을 빼앗긴다. 이제 그들 사이의 죽은 시체의 목을 놓고 피튀기는 대결이 진행되는데...
Two blind children have bonded deeply in their special-ed classroom. The sight of one of them is restored with an operation.
Robinson Crusoe teaches children Viernes the principles of the white man's culture and build a raft to leave the island to calling "of despair". Shortly before finishing rescue a white men and the father Friday when they will be slaughtered by cannibals. Then comes a ship taken by the foreman, who plans to leave the island to the loyal crew. Robinson helps the crew.
A man dies of a heart attack and his wife hides the body in order to continue collecting pension.
The classic Daniel Defoe tale as told by a narrating tiger that witnesses castaway Robinson Crusoe's struggles to survive the man-eating cannibals on the tropical island
Tired of the monotony of her work, Mary O'Hara, executive of an important American company, travels to Acapulco for a few days in search of love and adventure. On the beach, her high hopes fade, since she only meets unscrupulous playboys. She declines all offers she gets until she meets Pancho el Golfo, a young man who makes a living as he can.
Niño (segment "La mujer del carnicero")
A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.
Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them
