A Venezuelan rancher tries to preserve his traditional way of life in spite of modernizing influences brought when international business discovers oil in his region.
Acting
Antonio Aguilar's mustache carries the entire emotional weight.
Cinematography
Sweeping Venezuelan plains that make you forget the budget existed.
Director
Gilberto Martínez Solares
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antonio Aguilar was a massive ranchera music star who made over 100 films—this was basically his weekend hobby.
Gilberto Martínez Solares was a comedy director slumming it in melodrama; you can feel him itching to cut to a pratfall.
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