Tlayucan is a 1962 Mexican comedy film directed by Luis Alcoriza and based on a novel by Jesús Murciélago Velázquez.

[1] Desperate due to his son's illness, the peasant Eufemio resorts to stealing a pearl from the statue of Saint Lucía in the village church.

The theft is captured by some tourists, and Eufemio finds himself on the brink of being lynched by his enraged neighbors.

Only the timely intervention of Don Tomás spares Eufemio from his fate, although the precious pearl remains elusive.

Eventually, the pearl is quietly returned without anyone knowing, its restoration whispered to be nothing short of miraculous.