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- El Boy (Bernal) is a street kid who lives with his alcoholic aunt Chenta (Beristain), dreaming of one chance to run away and reach his long-lost friend Mauricio (Bichir) in the border town of Tijuana. Mauricio returns and tries to convince El Boy to assist him with a kidnapping, but the trust between them is rapidly replaced by lies and betrayal. After committing a crime, El Boy will be sent to Tijuana, leaving Mauricio free to take control of his entire life.
- Esperanza (Angelica Maria) is a young novice living in a quiet convent full of old nuns. After eating some "special" mushrooms, innocent Esperanza becomes modern and psychodelic Brenda: a subversive girl who raids a high-society party, sings subversive songs and charms young fellows. Brenda and five boys leave the party, assault an ice-cream parlor (they ask for "five of chocolate and one of strawberry") and finally kidnap a banker. In between, a Commissioner from the Surveillance International Agency follows Brendas tracks, while the girl changes personalities because of the mushroom eating.
- A kid runs away from boarding school to watch the cave where a bunch of bandits hide. The bandits discover and chase him but the kid escapes. He returns to the school but it's been destroyed. He's the only survivor and decides to wait for help. Some days after, a group of wild kids enter the school and take him with them. He becomes a "bandido" and will revenge the destruction of his school and the killing of his friends.
- Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost daughter. Lila is kidnapped by drug dealers and Juan feels responsible for her. He takes the long way to Tijuana to rescue Lila.
- Alejandra (Gutiérrez), a drugstore clerk, receives a note from a strange man (Alcázar). The note only shows a number, but Alejandra seems to understand its meaning. That night, Alejandra walks directly to a creepy downtown hotel, climbs the stairs and finds the man waiting for her in a room. The strange rendez-vous is not what it seems to be.
- A mysterious device designed to provide its owner with eternal life resurfaces after four hundred years, leaving a trail of destruction in its path.
- In XVI century Nueva Espana, mysterious sword fighter Cruz Diablo (a sort of Spanish Robin Hood) terrorizes rich people with his signature, a cross made with his sword in people's forehead. Knowing that evil Diego is being taken for Conde de Luna and that he is planning to marry his daughter Marcela with old Marques de la Florida, Cruz Diablo (who is Nostromus, the real Conde de Luna and Marcela's father) intervenes to resolve this complicated situation.
- Julia (Rojo) is a phone operator in Mexico City who divides her time between her job, her daughter and the danzon: a cuban dance very popular in Mexico and Central America. Every wednesday Julia does the danzon with Carmelo (Rergis) in the old "Salon Colonia". They've danced for years but barely know each other. One night Carmelo disappears without a trace. Feeling lonely and sad, Julia takes a train to Veracruz, where she knows Carmelo has a brother. That sudden trip will change Julia's life forever.
- Luis (García) is attempting suicide from the top level of a construction building when he is interrupted by Don Ramón (Ruiz) who also wants to kill himself. The two men engage into a conversation about life, love and family while sharing a song: "De jazmín en flor".
- The life of a man who preys on unsuspecting women for a living is changed when he finds an accomplice in the woman who loves and controls him.
- "La Nueva Jerusalem" is a small community of believers lead by Papá Basilio (Rabal) and Mamá Dorita (Jurado). They're waiting for the second coming of Christ, so they've abandoned the world, searching for a new spiritual life. Mamá Dorita sees in young Tomasa (Gurrola) the signals of the chosen one. The young girl will be the new leader in "La Nueva Jerusalem".
- Rodolfo ( Marco Treviño ) is a young bachelor doctor who has a love affair with a younger music student, Ramon ( Arturo Meza ). When Rodolfo's mother begins to urge his son to get married, he quickly asks modern and open-mind Olga ( Letícia Lupercio ) to become his wife. Ramon is heart-broken, but Dona Herlinda ( Guadalupe Del Toro ) has the final solution to make everybody happy: She asks Ramon to live with her, near by Rodolfo and Olga. Everybody together forever.
- After being falsely accused of a murder, Marcos (Alcazar) runs away to the small and quiet town of Cuevano, where he has relatives. There he finds that the family matters are more complicated than his, and that the complexities of small-town life are richer (and more dangerous) than his apparently sophisticated life in the big city.
- Toto and Quique bike around spying on maid. Toto's cousin Azucena visits, attracting Toto. Her visit leads to an unforgettable experience for Toto.
- A man (Enhart) is urged by his wife to visit the tomb of his mother-in-law in the anniversary of her death. After buying some flowers, Enhart goes to the cemetery, gets drunk and falls asleep. Policemen come and take him to the jail. After that, he's rescued by his partner, Alegria, and goes to the theatre where he acts a comical show.
- A dark comedy about the past; the present and the future. A young Mexican journalist falls into a coma and awakes twenty years later to find himself in a very different future than he would have imagined. Mystery of nature or science?
- An agricultural engineer or "extensionist" (Palomo) arrives in a small town to make his compulsory social service. He intends to help the peasants but they don't want any help. The engineer discovers that the old "cacique" and the bank are robbing the peasants. He succeeds in making some agreements but finally his good intentions are treasoned...
- Alfonso (Del Campo), Eduardo (Villatoro) and Eduardo's wife Cristina (Ruel) get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.
- After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane (Pinal) drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci (Infante) arrives and, after testing the car, offers Mane a ride on his motorcycle. Back in Mane's house, she invites him some drinks to celebrate New Year's Eve. They get drunk and, the morning after, Mane's parents arrive and find them sleeping together. Not knowing what happened, Mane and Cruci are forced to get married against their will.
- Looking for a better destiny for their lives, a group of people arrives to Tijuana, in the Mexico-USA borderline. A widow and her children, a chicano woman without a firm identity, a "gringa" writer fascinated with Mexico and her hermit brother, plus a mexican peasant who wants to cross the border are the main characters looking for "the garden of eden".
- During the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying.
- Esmeralda is married with 5 husbands at the same time, so she has to explain to the judge why she has done this.
- During Mexican Revolution, Rosalio Mendoza (Del Diestro) survives by making and winning favors from both factions, the governmental forces and Zapata's Army. His hacienda welcomes everybody, and Mendoza is considered a good friend of his guests. Eventually, the situation becomes unsustainable and he has to take sides. Betrayal and deception overcome and Mendoza's dark side surfaces.
- A naive man appointed as an acting mayor of a small town turns into a corrupt politician capable of anything to stay in power.
- Called by the Mexican President himself, and in spite of a heart condition, young teacher Rosaura Salazar travels to the deserted town of Rio Escondido to accomplish the mission of bringing education to the poorest people. Being there, Salazar has to fight Regino Sandoval the evil landlord of the town. He has transformed the town into his own property, imposing his will and spreading death everywhere.
- Two stories set in Río de Janeiro: The first (HO) is about a man who picks up a newlywed couple on the highway to Río; their car is wrecked and the man offers to deliver the bride to their honeymoon bungalow. Everything goes wrong when the man's wife catches him with the bride in his car. The second story (Divertimento) is about a woman who wants to kill her lover's wife, not knowing that her lover and his wife plan to stage the crime to blackmail her.
- A sports journalist is assigned to discover the truth behind the mask of "El Angel Enmascarado" (The Masked Angel), a very popular and recently deceased wrestler.
- Old bachelor Benjamin (Lopez Rojas) still lives with his sister Micaela (Doria) in the boredom of a small town. His only entertainment is getting together with a bunch of old men and spare time playing like children. Benjamin falls inlove with beautiful and young Natividad (Ramirez). First, he writes love letters for her. Then, when this strategy fails, Benjamin and the old men plan to abduct her and wait for her falling inlove.
- Reina (a prostitute) walks into a small cafeteria at 6:15. She's late for her daily rendez-vous with Pepe, the cafeteria owner. She's nervous and determined to quit her job. When Pepe asks her why, she says she's tired. Maybe its true... or maybe she killed her last client and needs an alibi.
- One weekend in Mexico City, the inhabitants of an old apartment building celebrate two different ceremonies: a debutante party (Quinceanera) and a velatory. Neighbors get mixed between the two pachangas while love, sex, comedy, and tragedy are combined into a funny and explosive cocktail.
- Lupe (Velez) is in love with the sailor Juancho (De Cordova) but is also courted by Ramón (Falcon) and old Don Atanasio (Icardo). Juancho leaves town but promises to return. Time goes by and Juancho doesn't get back. Don Atanasio insists and goes loco. Pedro and Don Atanasio fight and go to jail. Tired of waiting and afraid that Juancho has forgotten, Lupe promises to marry Ramón. Juancho returns during the celebration of a friend's wedding.
- Tired of being mistreated by his wife and children, Isidro (Del Diestro) leaves his family and follows young variety dancer Chayito (Tamayo) to Mexico City. After becoming lovers, Chayito asks Isidro to steal money from the bank he used to work in the small town of San Jacinto. After commiting the robbery, Isidro is accused of murder and things get more complicated.
- The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. After several battles and valiant heroics, the original group is eventually reduced to the leader Tiburcio Maya (Frausto) and young Becerrillo (Vallarino). When Becerrillo is infected by smallpox, Villa orders Tiburcio to kill him and burn the corpse. After reluctantly doing his duty, Tiburcio is ordered to leave the army, and returns home.
- Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as Purgatory: it's only one step to reach Heaven.
- Ruled by a tough grandma (Sara García), the Garcías (Infante, Salazar and Mendoza) are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita (Marga López) and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
- A womanizer is falsely diagnosed with AIDS by a jealous lover and falls in love with a woman equally suicidal as he.
- Jacqueline (Bonilla) and Nicolas (Echanove) are so in love that they decide to get married "until death takes them apart". When love dies and infidelity takes its place, Jacqueline decides there's no time to fulfill the promise of their votes. She begins to plot her husband's murder, but destiny is committed to surprise her in many ways.
- A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person.
- Joaquina (Murguia) is aging in a small Mexican village in the 1920s. Her life is boring and she spends her days dreaming of her hero, cowboy Tom Mix. Everything Joaquina wants is to meet him. Her life changes when a bunch of bandits appears nearby. It's time for Tom Mix to stop the thieves and fulfill Joaquina's dreams of adventure.
- The lives of men and women living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City.
- Mexico, 1955. A beautiful and popular movie star, Miroslava Sternova (Dombasle) is depressed tonight. Sad memories fill her mind: her childhood in the pre-war Prague, one failed marriage, several attempts to be taken as a serious actress and the betrayal of the man she loved. As she prepares to commit suicide her entire life reveals itself on the screen, showing us the portrait of a lonely woman.
- Tired of being mistreated by their husbands, Ema (Reyes Spindola), Clotilde (Elizarraras), and Chayo (Orozco) leave their families and begin an adventure that takes them to a cavernous cabaret in Guadalajara, a love affair with a hot-blooded young drug dealer, and a popular, well-decorated Mexican restaurant in downtown L.A. Along the way, the three women find their respective self-esteem and their true reasons for living.
- Five women work together as prostitutes in an elegant cabaret near by the seashore. They're all exploited by cruel Willy (Fábregas), a suave conman who has stolen the club from the always-drunk don Ángel (Soler). Things change when a sailor (the long-lost son of don Ángel) arrives and fights Willy.
- A woman (Murguía) lives waiting for her son (Alonso) who is a sailor. She hasn't seen him for years although he writes to her a lot. The woman shares his letters and her grief with a co-worker and friend (Rojo). This last woman begins to idealize her friend's son. One day, the mother gets sick and falls into a coma. Her son arrives but she is unconscious. He has a brief but passionate affair with her mother's friend and then disappears, as quickly as he came back from the sea.
- Nosotros Los Pobres stars Pedro Infante as a carpenter whose entire family must work together to clear his name after he is charged with a murder..
- Juan and Pilar (Giménez Cacho and Toussaint) return to Mexico City on the same train. Destiny puts them in each other's paths in a taxi stop at the train station: a cab arrives and they take each other's baggage by mistake. They spend two days looking for each other, trying to get their things back; in the meantime, as Juan reads Pilar's diary and she listens to his thoughts recorded on tape, love begins to grow between these total strangers.
- Alberto (Giménez Cacho) is a disc-jockey at a radio station. His life is torn apart by the memories of his ex-wife (Heredia) and his free and careless life in the 60s. Alberto remembers, and his memories don't let him live his present life with Ana (Mata), his current girlfriend.
- Torn between three lovers and bored by her typewriting classes, Carolina (Dillian) writes a passionate love letter to fictional Pablo Garza from Monterrey. The letter is sent by mistake and received by real Pablo Garza's girlfriend. Pablo himself (Infante) flies to Mexico City looking for an explanation. Carolina is rehearsing a musical show for her school dressed as a man. When Pablo meets her, she pretends to be her brother Anibal, a shy and feminine sailor. Pablo likes Anibal and invites "him" to a cabaret. After that, Carolina falls inlove with Pablo but resists to unveil her real self. Meanwhile, Pablo feels himself confused, because young "Anibal" is cute as an angel and has "those blue eyes..."
- A car with a flat tire in the middle of a lonely road. A chain-smoking woman is waiting in the driver's seat. Suddenly, a car approaches. The driver (a somber menacing man) offers to help her. The woman refuses but he insists. She suspects he wants something more.
- A Claustrophobic experience which involves a Mexican middle class family into the atrocities made by wild and heartless army forces whose main objective seems to be students who do not permit the 1968's Olimpic games' to develop normally.