In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis - a nomadic ethnic group with a tradition as old as that of the gypsises of Spain but with even more obscure origins - have a nomadic life marked by poverty. The son, Eleuterio Sánchez Rodriguez, nicknamed "El Lute", steals some chickens and is condemned to six months in jail. El Lute moves to the slum outskirts of Madrid with his common law wife, Chelo, starting an itinerant life as a peddler of pots and pans and living in a quinqui shantytown. He gradually embarks upon as life of petty criminality, eventually participating in the theft of a jewelry store during which a bystander is killed.
Imanol Arias
Victoria Abril
Antonio Valero
Carlos Tristancho
Diana Peñalver
Margarita Calahorra
Manuel de Blas
Luis Marín
Alicia Agut
José Luis Alexandre
Mari Carmen Alvarado
Román Ariznavarreta
Luis Barbero
Paco Catalá
José Manuel Cervino
Antonio Dechent
Francisco Maestre
Santi Pons
José María Sacristán
José Vivó
Manuel Zarzo
Agustín Guevara
Raúl Fraire
Máximo Astray
Jorge Bosso
Charly Bravo
José Enrique Camacho
Anastasio Campoy
José Canalejas
Ignacio Carreño
Saturno Cerra
José Cerro
Francisco Clement
Vicente del Águila
Amador Dobarganes Ruiz
Jesús Enguita
Mabel Escaño
José María Escuer
Pedro Falla
José María Gambín
José María García
Chema Gil
Rafael Hernández
María Jesús Hoyos
José María Labernié
José Luis Lemos
Mery Leyva
Javier Lozano
Arturo López
Carlos Marcet
Felipe Martín Puertas
Fernando Martín
Daniel Medrán
Enrique Navarro
Isabel del Palacio
Ricardo Palacios
Miguel Palenzuela
José Ramón Pardo
Raúl Pazos
Francisco Piquer
Álvaro Quiroga
Paco Racionero
Ramón Reparaz
Antonio Ross
Manuel Salgueró Luque
Yelena Samarina
Óscar San Juan
José Segura
Mario Siles
Rubén Tobías
Manuel Torremocha
Alfonso Vallejo
Rafael Vaquero
Francisco Vidal
José Yepes