[1] It is an original story of Spanish writer Benito Pérez Galdós, adapted by María Teresa Calderón and Marissa Garrido and directed by Luis Vélez.
In the 1940s, in a Mexican mining town lives María de la Canela, nicknamed Marianela.
This dirty and ragged orphan is despised by villagers who see it inherited traits madness of his mother committed suicide by jumping off a ravine.
Pablo's father arranged the marriage of his son with Florentina, the daughter of the village notary.
When Pablo returns, cured, he is horrified to see the true aspect of Marianela, and prefers to Florentina corresponding to their ideal of feminine beauty.