When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.

Genres

Cast

Ignacio López Tarso

Don Jesus

Adalberto Martínez

Patotas

Jaime Fernández

Perez Gomez

José Alonso

Federico

Salvador Sánchez

Chapo Álvarez

Katy Jurado

Josefina

José Carlos Ruiz

Jacinto Martínez

David Silva

Ing. Zamora

Gerardo Zepeda

Marcial

Ramón Menéndez

Dávila, policía

Guillermo Gil

Valverde, policía

Leonor Llausás

Madre de Isidro