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La Tierra del Fuego se apaga
MEXICO · 1955

La Tierra del Fuego se apaga

Emilio “Indio” Fernández
redemption through love criminal underworld isolated frontier settings past catching up prostitution and social outcasts
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Synopsis

In the faraway lands of the south of the Patagonia, in a town made up of wrongdoers and thieves, a mysterious and solitary man takes a prostitute to live with him at his ranch. However, her past follows her, and he is forced to face it head on.

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