Alejandro Casona

Adaptation from Alejandro Casona' play

The plot centers on Lucio Santana, a lovable prankster and class clown whose dad happens to be a detective working on the serial killings of local children. When Lucho makes friends with a girl in his class, she divulges to him that a man who lives in the woods near the park has been giving her free lollipops, and plans to take her to his candy house. But she makes Lucho vow never to tell anyone.

Two separate episodes that have in common the door which separates good from evil. In the first segment, "Alguien al teléfono" ("Somebody on the Phone"), Ángel Magaña tries to avenge the death of his sister, a girl who commits suicide over gambling debts. In the second, "El pájaro cantor vuelve al hogar" ("The Hummingbird Comes Home"), Roberto Escalada is a former inmate who whistles when commits crimes, and returns home where his blind mother awaits him, believing he has been reformed. (KG)

In an attempt to foolishly please his wife after he privately hears their long-estranged son has perished in a maritime disaster, a man hires a couple to pose as the son and his wife.