A small village in Aragón, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. After being caught by her father fooling around with Melchor, an unscrupulous womanizer, being disgraced and losing everything, young Dolores is forced to take to the roads in search of work.

Set in rural South of Spain in the 19th century, tells the story of group of outlaws, from very different origins, trying to survive, hiding from the law enforcement officers in caves in a hilly area, and their struggle against the evil mining company that exploits the poor people of their home village.

On Christmas Eve 1860, in a small Andalusian village, a married couple is murdered. The neighbors believe they know who committed the crime and kill him. But it turns out that the suspect was innocent. Twenty years later, the man's son arrives in the village with the aim of discovering the real culprit.