Overview

In an underclass neighborhood of Mexico City, a place where a unique troupe features a circus act, led by Don Ramón, he and his wife Petra have to take care of the daughter of a neighbor who has been jailed for drug trafficking. Petra decides that the girl must earn a living, entrusting her several domestic tasks; while befriending Pepito, who works as a clown on the street. Things get complicated when someone with satanic tendencies arrives to Ramon's house, and the visitor develops an interest on Petra. A fight between the three adults causes that the little girl suffers a fatal accident, so the solution will be to use her meat for the tamales sold by Petra.

Genres

Cast

Isaura Espinoza

Petra

Salvador Sánchez

Jefe

Juan López Moctezuma

Don Ramón

Pedro Infante Jr.

Pedro Infante Jr

Jorge Russek

(uncredited)