Filmado com um orçamento de menos de 50.000 pesos e uma câmera 16 mm, "En el balcón vacío" explora a Guerra Civil Espanhola vista através dos olhos de uma menina: Gabriela, que, já adulta e exilada no México, recorda os acontecimentos que marcaram sua vida durante esse período.
Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.
