Arturo Ripstein	...	(Director)
José Donoso, José Donoso	...	(Writer)
Lucha Villa	...	La Japonesa
Ana Martín	...	Japonesita
Gonzalo Vega	...	Pancho
Julián Pastor	...	Octavio
Carmen Salinas	...	Lucy
Fernando Soler	...	Don Alejo
Emma Roldán	...	Ludovinia
Blanca Torres	...	Blanca
Marta Aura	...	Emma, hermana de Octavio
Agustín Silva	...	Reynaldo
Socorro de la Campa	...
Francisco Llopis	...	(as Paco Llopis)
Hortensia Santoveña	...	Clotilde
Nery Ruiz	...
Tere Olmedo	...	Lila

Summary: Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Rich, elderly Don Alejo is poised to sell the town for a profit, needing only to buy a whorehouse to own all the buildings and close the deal. It's owned by a man and his daughter: Manuelita is gay, aging, afraid; he cross-dresses and entertains as a flamenco dancer; he wants to sell and leave. His daughter wants to stay. The return of Pancho complicates things: he's a hothead Alejo tries to control and he scared Manuelita the year before. Things come to a head as Pancho breaks Alejo's hold on him, then flirts and dances with Manuelita and finds himself at risk of being called a "maricón."