Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.
Cast
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Don Ru
María Rojo
Doña Cata
Salma Hayek Pinault
Alma
Bruno Bichir
Abel
Delia Casanova
Eusebia
Margarita Sanz
Susanita
Claudio Obregón
Don Fidel
Juan Manuel Bernal
Chava
Abel Woolrich
Zacarías
Luis Felipe Tovar
Güicho
Daniel Giménez Cacho
José Luis
Gina Morett
Doña Flor
Óscar Yoldi
Ubaldo
Esteban Soberanes
Jimmy
Eugenia Leñero
Tina
Tiaré Scanda
Maru
Álvaro Carcaño
Doc. Beltrán
Coral Bonelli
Agapito
Alfonso Bravo
Toño
Jesús Ochoa
Parroquiano
Lucía Álvarez
Pianista Burdel
Guillermo Ayala
Agente
Anna Ciocchetti
Burdel
Claudia Goytia
Burdel
Daniel Birman Ripstein
Don Fidel's Son (uncredited)
Veronica Falcón
Kika
Crew
Jorge Fons
Director
Vicente Leñero
Screenplay
Naguib Mahfouz
Novel
Carlos Savage
Editor
Rafael Savage
Assistant Editor
Carlos Marcovich
Director of Photography
Larry Engelmann
Color Timer
Julián Valdez
Second Assistant Director
Mario Zaragoza
Assistant Director
Avelino Rodríguez
Assistant Director
René Villarreal
Assistant Director
Georgina Balzaretti
Producer
Alfredo Ripstein Jr.
Producer
Daniel Birman Ripstein
Line Producer
Claudia Becker
Casting
Elvia Romero
Makeup Artist
Eduardo Valverde
Boom Operator
Manuel Sainz
Visual Effects
Lucía Álvarez
Original Music Composer
Ricardo Díaz Avilés
Transportation Captain
Enrique Díaz
Transportation Co-Captain
Carlos Gutiérrez
Set Decoration, Art Direction
Federico García
Still Photographer
José Luis Ortega
Script Supervisor
Antonio Mata
Property Master
Gustavo Covarrubias
Grip
Enrique Morales
Gaffer
Gerardo Barrera
Production Manager
Eduardo Mendoza
Title Graphics
