Among Delia, a socialite, and Jorge a bohemian cabaret pianist, begins a relationship that ends in tragedy.
During a lull in the Mexican Revolution when Francisco Madero became president and attempted to implement land reforms, two former revolutionaries are pitted against each other for the love of the same woman.
Woman becomes a prostitute so her writer BF can concentrate on his art instead of working for a living.
Mexican worker Rafael Améndola runs from the police and cross the Mexican-American border, helped by Frank Mendoza, a partner of an American called Mr. Sterling, who gives work to illegal migrants. Once in the United States, Rafael does not adapt to his new life.