Roots

Four independent stories based on writer Francisco Rojas Gonzáles's work, depicting the reality of Mexican indian people: Las Vacas (The Cow), Nuestra Señora (Our Lady), El Tuerto (One-Eyed) and La Potranca (The Filly). In El Tuerto, a one eyed boy is relentlessly bullied by his mates. His religious mother asks God to make the boy's eyes equal. The outcome is tragic.

Drama

Juan de la Cruz

(Esteban (segment "Las vacas"))

Rafael Ramírez

(The Cousin (segment "Las vacas"))

Conchita Montes

(The City Woman (segment "Las vacas"))

Eduardo Urruchua

(The City Man (segment "Las vacas"))

Olimpia Alazraki

(Jane Davis (segment "Nuestra Señora")

Doctor González

(Himself (segment "Nuestra Señora"))

Juan Hernández

(Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora"))

Ángel Lara

(The Priest (segment "Nuestra Señora"))

Miguel Ángel Negrón

(The One-Eyed Kid (segment "El tuerto"))

Antonia Hernández

(The Mother (segment "El Tuerto"))

Mario Herrera

(The Mother's Friend (segment "El tuerto"))

Alicia del Lago

(Xanath (segment "La potranca"))

Carlos Robles Gil

(Eric (segment "La potranca"))

Teódalo González

(Teódulo (segment "La potranca"))

Laura Holt

(Vivian (segment "La potranca"))

Fernando Marcos

(Narrator (prologue))

Juan Cano

(Don Remigio (segment "Las vacas"))