In 1915, a workers employer for the Misiones lands ("mensúes"), travels to Posadas looking for new employees to hire; among music and drinks, hires one in a bar. Later, travels to the work zone, joined by an european doctor and his daughter. She and the stronger of the "mensúes" hired, get along very well; which makes the employer jealous and punish the worker, gaining him hate...
影片改编自阿根廷奇幻文学大师Marco Denevi的短篇小说,由著名剧作家Mario Soffici执导,是一部经典的阿根廷电影。1959年嘎纳最佳影片提名。