Bernardo Elizondo, an older and wealthy landowner, falls in love with Libia, a humble young woman who faces the fury of her brothers because the townspeople see her as a prostitute.

Upon learning of Elizondo's death and betrayal, Libia goes to the hacienda, feeling helpless and unable to bear it any longer after being harshly humiliated by Gabriela, Bernardo's widow, and her daughters.