Two kids take a book from a trash can. They begin to read the story of a poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe El Toro (Infante) lives with his daughter Chachita (Munoz) and woos pretty Chorreada (Pavon). Around them, a group of fellows live their lives in many ways: a pair of always-drunk women known as La Tostada (The Toast) and La Guayaba (The Guava); a beautiful woman (Jurado) who always oversleeps; a hooker with pneumonia (La Tisica) with a dark past. Tragedy comes when Pepe is falsely accused of robbery and sent to the jail. Uprav informace o filmu