Enrique Cantalaúba

Directed by Miguel Contreras Torres.

In early 1860's Mexico, Nicolás (Contreras Torres) wants to marry Manuela (Chavarri) but she runs off with bandit El Zarco (Cantalauba) She soon becomes disillusioned by her lover's cruelty and the brutality of bandit life. In the meantime, Nicolas has turned his romantic attentions to Pilar, Manuela's adopted sister. At the climax. El Zarco is captured and shot, Nicolas marries Pilar, and Manuela dies.

The film addresses the story of a character from the colonial era, inspired by the viceregal legend of Juan Manuel Solórzano, whose madness and jealousy lead to multiple murders.