A man recently estranged from his wife is in charge of setting a new rail line across the desert in difficult conditions. Things are further complicated when his 'sheltered' son arrives wanting to reconnect.
You need to see to live this epic picture based in truth events! is a voyage into the desert and into the life of the engineers giving the life for the company. The characters come from a Shakespeare drama, the interior life of the engineer in chief against his work, a really different kind of drama for the Mexican cinema. Making the film the work in the desert is a triumph of this film against the inclement weather, one of the actors said "the desert is a sleepy tiger". The history is powerful, maybe with too many characters, but you love all of them. The climax of the picture is a real history that happened when the railroad was constructed you need to see it!