Felipe Solís

In the 1940s, a small Mexican town has seen its last three mayors assassinated in rapid succession. A naive janitor is recruited to become the new mayor, and he believes he will modernize the little town and usher in a reign of peace. But the system corrupts him very quickly, and he takes to abusing his power while associating with an unscrupulous assortment of opportunists, hypocrites and criminals.

As part of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, Rodrigo, a Spanish shipwreck falls in love with Tizcuitl, the young and beautiful Aztec daughter of Nezuhual, king of Tlacopan, powerful under the emperor Moctezuma.

This is the story of a man who, for work reasons, must travel to a small town in Michoacán called Purocuero. There, after a string of affairs with several women—all sharing the same name, Ignacia—he ultimately marries the only virgin in town.

On the gritty streets of Mexico City, Commander Quiroga and his partner Miranda more than have their hands full. Between firefights with drug traffickers and the chronic minibus stickups that the public is usually too afraid to report, there's now a demented murderer, Raúl, who uses an unusual jeweler's tool to stab his random victims