A Mexican family drama so melodramatic it accidentally becomes fantasy — and that's the best part.
Mom and dad make sacrifices for the sake of their adult children. And then more sacrifices. And more.
Acting
Fernando Soler's patriarch performance — all trembling dignity and suppressed tears.
Direction
Bustillo Oro's formal elegance elevates soap opera material to art.
Cinematography
Dreamy, shadow-lit studio sets that feel like emotional prisons.
Director
Juan Bustillo Oro
Fernando Soler
Don Roberto Cifuentes
Susana Guízar
Panchita
Matilde Palou
Cristina Cifuentes
Dalia Íñiguez
Sofia Cifuentes
Gustavo Rojo
Fernando
Beatriz Aguirre
Rosario (Charito)
Miguel Arenas
Don Belarmino
Patricia Morán
Carlota
Felipe de Alba
Miguel
Julio Villarreal
Don Damian
Amparo Arozamena
Lorenza
Salvador Quiroz
Sacerdote
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Mexico's 'Cine de Familia' cycle, which weaponized Catholic guilt into box office gold. Fernando Soler was so typecast as suffering patriarchs that audiences reportedly wept on sight.
Bustillo Oro shot this back-to-back with his horror masterpiece 'El Vampiro' — same year, same studio, completely opposite vibes. The man's range was unhinged.
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