Luis, an 18-year-old Mexican boy with indigenous roots, enters the Heroico Military College with the hope of securing a better future. There, he encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to make him a perfect soldier.
Maria is a girl who loves to cook and lives with his grandmother, Doña Tere, in Mexico City's downtown. Doña Tere has a traditional Mexican restaurant called "El Molcajete". After the death of her daughter, Doña Tere abandoned his passion for cooking and stopped working in "El Molcajete", now...
At her young age, Juana has two great responsibilities: preventing her older sister from fleeing the house and passing on the secret of making bricks to her younger sister.
Julia, a young woman who sells tortillas in Alcozauca, Guerrero, lives a secret love affair with Miguel, her cousin. Despite social challenges, they try to maintain their relationship, but Miguel, under pressure, leaves her. Years later, Julia discovers that Miguel is getting married.
