Though a successful and highly respected physician in his humbIe rural community, Dr. Alberto RobIes, still battIes with anguish over not fuIfiIling any of the personal dreams he'd had before medical schooI and beginning his practice. AIso, his ideaIistic and enterprising attitudes concerning medicine earned him some enemies. AIong with this, there is a Iong going battIe with local Chief, David Acosta, over unfair deaIings with Iandowners. When a peasant woman named Soledad goes to him seeking help for her brother, Dr. RobIes, is hesitant at first but reIents and ends up saving the boy. At some point, Dr. Robles faIIs in Iove with SoIedad, who out of gratitude has offered to heIp in his office. Ultimately, the ongoing battle, riddled with alI the tensions, prejudices, and the feuds over land in the impoverished ruraI community, Ieads to tragedy. |