On Christmas Eve 1860, in a small Andalusian village, a married couple is murdered. The neighbors believe they know who committed the crime and kill him. But it turns out that the suspect was innocent. Twenty years later, the man's son arrives in the village with the aim of discovering the real culprit.
An officialist film produced by Chile Films in late 1965, following the submission to Congress of the agrarian reform bill by President Eduardo Frei Montalva’s government.
