Tlaxiaco, tierra de nubes

This film portrays the dead day festival in Alahualtitla, Chicontepec Township in the state of Veracruz, and highlights the dependence of small communities of the town merchants and lenders, who allow the financing of these traditional festivals.

Testimony of three Mexican women, Maria Teresa, Esperanza and Luz Maria. Each talks about their jobs, their personal and family relationships, their lack of freedom and the role of women in society in the 1970s.