

Coral and her pregnant sister Luz live in an old house with no running water. In their patio, while the bricklayers are building a cistern, they accidentally find a pre-Hispanic burial and an archaeologist intervenes. At night, as Luz goes into labor, the men will make another unexpected discovery.
Julia de La Rosa
Coral
LeadAzucena Gómez Desales
Luz
Hugo Enrique Ramírez Espinoza
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Julio Bustillo
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