El signo de la tribu

A story of a man writing letters to a woman. Based on the 1910 novel 'El Otro' by Eduardo Zamacois.

One night, after saying her boyfriend goodbye, Adriana has to go to the chemist’s to buy some medicine to her mother. On the way she is assaulted by the Marquess del Olmo and two mates who bring her to a brothel where they perpetrate the rape. With the father of Adriana claiming damages, the Marquess just offers him money because he asserts that she went there of her free will. The father rejects the money but he believes in the infamy of the Marquess and, wounded his honour, throws Adriana out. It is at the home of her old dance teacher that Adriana finds solace. Some months later, now a genuine artist, she leaves Spain for the distant shores of America. Under the name of Tórtola Valencia, Adriana becomes a famous dancer.

A secret band murders one of the Winter brothers, scientists, who have discovered a new explosive.

A couple of senioritas go to a bullfighting event.

Paco, a jealous and bitter man who is in love with Rosario, conspires in the shadows to bring about the downfall of Manuel, her husband.

One of the longest films ever made

One of the longest films ever made

In this version, opposite to Gelabert's film of 1908, the story tells about a woman who dies of a broken heart.