A young architect returns from Europe to live in the house of his uncles and cousins, where someone pretends to be the Devil.
To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.
A snake-charmer falls in love with a circus trapeze artist who trains her and has her debut in this discipline.
A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.