The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity

A young woman, Anacruz, goes up to a cabin on the slopes of the volcano Popocatéptl intending to finish her thesis on the prehispanic myths of the area. However, she encounters local characters, such as the hermit Soto, who makes her aware of the false myths in her own life.