The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father's death. Ignacia (Egurrola) is the Boteros mother, a desperate woman who chooses to sacrifice the destiny of her three older children, in order to protect Gabriel (Laguardia) the youngest one. She believes Gabriel will climb the social structure and bring back the lost fortune to the family. But destiny has other plans for the Boteros and tragedy will overcome eventually. Based on the novel of Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.
Ernesto Laguardia
as Gabriel Botero
Julieta Egurrola
as Ignacia Botero
Blanca Guerra
as Julia
Lucía Muñoz
as Mireya Botero
Verónica Merchant
as Natalia
Bruno Bichir
as Nicolás Botero
Alberto Estrella
as Guama Botero
Alonso Echánove
as Cariñoso
Luis Felipe Tovar
as César
Julián Pastor
as Luján
Luisa Huertas
as Isabel
Jorge Fegán
as Absalón
