贝姆伯格是阿根廷最著名的女导演之一, 说来也怪, 1922年出生的她比一些阿根廷电影先驱者的年纪都大, 可是却从1981年她近60岁时才开始导演影片, 可谓是大器晚成的一位导演了, 这部影片是她的倒数第二部作品同时也是她的代表作, 95年她死于癌症, 空留下仅有的6部电影. 1990年威尼斯国际电影节荣誉奖, 90年奥斯卡阿根廷官方参赛影片.

A teacher arrives to a small village in Santiago del Estero and must educate children against the will of their parents.

When a politician is murdered, the victim's daughter sets out to track down her father's killer. She soon suspects her father's friend and her own mother may have been involved in the murder plot, in this heavy-handed and tragic crime drama.

Ismael, the weakest and most unstable member of a supposed group of conspirators with power aspirations, constantly suffers ridicule and contempt for his leader, Lucas, and his other companions. Everything changes when a woman with whom Ismael is in love begins to delve into the macabre logic of the group.

Juan Belmonte, torero legendario, pasó a la historia no solo por su revolucionario arte a la hora de torear. También por su relación con las mujeres, su rivalidad, plena de amistad con Joselito y en definitiva, por su apasionada manera de vivir, siempre al límite. Sevilla, 1913: Juan Belmonte es un chico tímido y enclenque que logra hacerse un hueco entre su pandilla de marginados desafiando a las vacas en las ventas y a los toros en los cercados. Su pasión y su extraño estilo hacen que el viejo torero Calderón se fije en él.