Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.
Saby Kamalich
as Zoraida
Tito Junco
as Jaime Rovelo
Pilar Pellicer
as Matilde
Fernando Balzaretti
as Ernesto
Cecilia Camacho
as La niña
Aztlán Camacho
as Mario
Anita Blanch
as La maestra
Rosaura Revueltas
as La nana
José Chávez
as Indio Felipe
