Plot introduction
dddWhenRosaisexpectedtohandherbossthesuntanlotiononadeerhunt,thisfeelslikeasign.DonReynaldo’sranchisabouttocelebrateitsfarmanniversary,butthispassionatehunter’simageisbuiltonalie.Andso,hereinthecountryside,wheremenaremen,employeesaregratefulsubjectsandwomendiligentlyanddocilelyholditalltogether,cracksbegintoappearinthesociallifeofthismicrocosm.Orderedarounddayinanddayout,unnoticedbythoseinherclass-conscioussurroundings,themenialRosagraduallybecomesanagentofchange.WhileDonReynaldo’sextendedfamilycontortsitselfinabidtosavetheoldorder,menbegintoarriveatthefarminpickuptrucks.Theirappearanceatthefeastandathreatareenoughtomaketheageingpatriarchfearforhislifeandhisfamily–andforcehimtoact.Allthatpassesisobservedbytheanimalswho,eitherastrophiesonthewalloraslivestockouttopasture,seemtosensetheendofanoldhegemony. Withakeensenseofhowtodeployomensthatheraldchange,AlejandraMárquezAbellaportraysanepochalshiftinruralMexico–asseenbycharacterswhoareusuallyrelegatedtopassivesupportingroles.
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