Guadalajara en verano

Julio Bracho's film features a castaway at sea who is adopted into a family, where she is romanced by her adoptive cousins and father.

Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.

Flashbacks during a murder trial reveal how a woman was sucked into an abusive relationship with a man who wanted to steal her business from her. First in a series of three, centered on the defense lawyer for three cases, all with feminist content.

Two old friends get hinky with each other over the deed to a tract of land, and their children's engagement gets broken over it.

Tourist's eye overview of some highlights of Mexican history and folk culture, all expressed through interpretive dance.

A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.

The English-language title of the Mexican La Ausente is The Absentee. The title is explained within the context of the story, though one has to be patient. Essentially, this is the story of one man's guilt: the wealthy man (Arturo Cordoba) has convinced himself that he has killed his wife, a fact that has a devastating effect on all that follows. Several plot convolutions come and go before the truth is out -- not to mention the truth behind the truth. More than one reviewer noted the resemblances between La Ausente and the much-earlier Hitchcock film Rebecca; also noted was the later film's choppy continuity, the result of one too much censorial edit.