Ana María Mérida Gálvez was a Mexican ballet dancer, actress and choreographer born in Mexico City in 1922 and died in the same city in 1991. She was the daughter of the Guatemalan naturalized Mexican painter and muralist Carlos Mérida.
A plague is spreading through 16th century Mexico, and the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church is rooting out Jews, for they are believed to be its cause. At his father's funeral, a monk observes his family practicing Jewish burial rite, and he reports them, leading to devastating consequences for the whole family.
