Mario de Lara

Beautiful peasant girl runs afoul of her landlord's horny son and he poisons the well between her and her fiance, so she runs away and joins the Revolution.

The Dressel family owns a prosperous hardware store in the city. The business is managed by Mrs. Dressel, a strict widow who has two sons: Federico and Rodolfo. Federico falls in love with the singer Magdalena and marries her against Frau Dressel’s wishes, as she wants her heir to marry a German woman. The young couple must face constant harassment from Frau Dressel and an accusation of adultery.

A group of students enjoy crazy adventures during their vacation in Orizaba, Veracruz.

Class conflicts between two families; one's upper-class but decaying, one's industrious middle-class on the rise. Also Christmas.