Pablo Ríos

Like O'Henry's Tainted Tenner this 10 peso note, found on a sink in a men's room passes from hand to hand through many lives.

Luisa is a small-town girl who works in the bakery of the widower Don Albino. Luisa dreams of marrying and loves children. Just as Don Albino shows interest in her, Luisa announces that she will marry soon with Carlos, the driver of a rich house whom she met recently...

Poor, hungry peasant Macario longs for just one good meal on the Day of the Dead. After his wife cooks a turkey for him, he meets three apparitions, the Devil, God, and Death. Each asks him to share his turkey, but he refuses all except Death. In return, Death gives him a bottle of water which will heal any illness. Soon, Macario is more wealthy than the village doctor, which draws the attention of the feared Inquisition.

In the fall of 1824 Javier Montenegro, Bradomin Marquis is spared death hanging by Captain Casares, and in return, the Marquis agrees to help him escape to America. Adaptation of "Sonata de Otoño" and "Sonata de Estío" of Ramón María del Valle-Inclan, which included elements Bardem later works of the author.

Nazarín is the priest who leaves his order and decides to go on a pilgrimage. As he goes along subsisting on alms, he shelters a prostitute wanted by the police for murder. He is released from suspicion and she eventually catches up with him when she escapes imprisonment. Another woman joins the duo and soon the ex-priest is learning more about the human heart and suffering than when he wore robes.

Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love. As fate would have it, Pedro Malo unexpectedly marries Jorge Bueno's girlfriend, and the conflict between the former buddies begins. A year later they find themselves in the same town and confront each other once and for all.

A nightclub performer decides to raise the baby boy she found abandoned in a trash can, putting her job and social life in jeopardy.

Один из лучших фильмов режиссера Эмилио Фернандеса — история бывшего заключенного, начинающего жизнь с чистого листа. Мужчина женится на очаровательной Паломе и принимается обрабатывать землю, но местные фермеры не дают ему покоя и начинают вставлять палки в колеса.

Mercedes (Marga Lopez) dances for money with the clients of Salon Mexico, a famous cabaret in Mexico City. Her younger sister Beatriz (Derbez) studies in an expensive private school, paid by Mercedes. Obviously, young Beatriz doesn't know about her sister's job. Troubles begin when Mercedes wins a danzon contest with Paco (Acosta), her pimp. Paco refuses to share the prize with Mercedes, so she steals the money when he's sleeping.

На небольшом мексиканском острове живёт группа индейцев. Они живут, придерживаясь своих традиций и не воспринимают посторонних. Красавица Макловия и Хосе Мария любят друг друга, но отец девушки не позволяет им пожениться и противится любым связям между ними из-за бедности юноши. Молодой человек стремится обучиться и заработать средства для покупки собственной рыбацкой лодки, чтобы заслужить расположение её отца. В то же время на остров прибывает батальон солдат и жестокий сержант положил глаз на Макловию.

В небольшой рыбацкой деревушке живет бедный рыбак Кино с женой Хуаной. Однажды их жизнь переворачивается из-за двух происшествий: их маленького сына кусает скорпион, а Кино находит на дне моря крупную и очень дорогую жемчужину.