In a city condominium, a group of neighbors is spied in their respective apartments by a very peculiar visitor.

10-year-old Elisa, whose parents are about to lose their new car due to financial problems, plans a bank robbery.

A film student, Samurai, decides to make a documentary on Casandra's, a table dancer, work and family life. The nearness of both makes her fall in love to the filmmaker. He prefers to leave her and finish the work filming her in secret; this abandonment makes the story finish on a tragedy.

Juanito is an eight year old boy who can predict the future, therefore the whole town is scared of him.

Musician Rosendo Nevárez learns of his brother Gabriel’s death in a remote spot in the Durango mountains and decides to return to his boyhood home to learn more about his brother’s untimely end. Gabriel, who was more widely known as the “Mountain Hawk,” led an outlaw’s life which was either that of a lowly criminal or daring do-gooder, as accounts of the man’s life vary depending on the point of view of the interviewee. As Rosendo digs deeper for the truth, it becomes apparent that Gabriel was a heroic figure worthy of the song his brother plans to write in his commemoration—if only Rosendo can overcome his growing envy for his brother’s immortal status as a swashbuckling rebel.

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.

Genaro is a financial advisor bored with his family life. Then he meets Nina, a beautiful woman who changes his life for better or worse.

It is the story of Gabriel, a young doctor who falls in love with Alejandro but his family destroys Gabriel's career to separate them, 6 years later Gabriel returns to discover the truth even if his life depends on it.