[2] The film stars Jennylyn Mercado, Dennis Trillo, Isabel Oli, Sid Lucero, and Eula Valdez and with a special participation by Dolphy.

She is the mestiza daughter of Portuguese ship captain Don Enrique and Filipina Doña Adela,[3] Rosario is a passionate woman who lives according to her heart's desires and is ahead of her time.

[4] She meets and falls in love with Vicente Velez,[3] an older man who manages the tobacco plantation owned by Rosario's family.

She was soon received a ticket where she can finally meet her now grown daughter Maria Rosario whose name is changed to Soledad and perform the piano in her concert.

As Carding discovers that Rosario is having sex with Miguel as payment for her debts, he angrily pummels him to death and tells her and her son to leave.

Back in the present, Jesus continues to tell his nephew that he was raised by his father's relatives since Rosario had left Carding who decided not to destroy his life by taking another relationship.

Jesus tells his nephew that all his mother wanted was to ask forgiveness for her sins but was unable to make amends to her parents, her husband, and her own children.