recommended

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Totally filmed in natural scenarios it could seem at first glance as an amateur movie but for a low budget movie with limited technical resources, no special effects and no computer generated images it was very well done. A simple story plot that takes you first and slowly to a proper introduction to the main characters in a way that you end up identifying yourself with them and even love them while the situations get complicated as it develops to its climax and then easily untied as it leads you to a surprising ending. Excellent performance by Toco Gomez, Elluz Peraza and Orlando Urdaneta who give credibility to the main characters of the movie. The script is great and the cinematography is fantastic. Good example of the 70's South American movies.