In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.
Imanol Arias
as Eluterio Sánchez 'El Lute'
Victoria Abril
as Chelo
Antonio Valero
as Raimundo Medrano
Carlos Tristancho
as Juan José Agudo
Diana Peñalver
as Esperanza
Margarita Calahorra
as La Madre de Chelo
Manuel de Blas
as Policía
Luis Marín
as Policía
Alicia Agut
as Señora 1
José Luis Alexandre
as Policía
Mari Carmen Alvarado
as Señora 2
Román Ariznavarreta
as Guardia Civil en foto
