
140 minutes
5/5/1995
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner's son, Chava, who yearns to emigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband.

Ernesto Gómez Cruz
as Don Ru

María Rojo
as Doña Cata

Salma Hayek Pinault
as Alma

Bruno Bichir
as Abel

Delia Casanova
as Eusebia

Margarita Sanz
as Susanita

Claudio Obregón
as Don Fidel

Juan Manuel Bernal
as Chava
Abel Woolrich
as Zacarías
Luis Felipe Tovar
as Güicho

Daniel Giménez Cacho
as José Luis
Gina Morett
as Doña Flor
Óscar Yoldi
as Ubaldo

Esteban Soberanes
as Jimmy
Eugenia Leñero
as Tina

Tiaré Scanda
as Maru
Álvaro Carcaño
as Doc. Beltrán
Coral Bonelli
as Agapito
Alfonso Bravo
as Toño

Jesús Ochoa
as Parroquiano

Lucía Álvarez
as Pianista Burdel
Guillermo Ayala
as Agente
Anna Ciocchetti
as Burdel

Claudia Goytia
as Burdel

Daniel Birman Ripstein
as Don Fidel's Son (uncredited)

Veronica Falcón
as Kika