Based on Rosario Castellanos' novel, Balún Canán is about the turmoil created by the Cardenas’ land reforms. Events occur in Chiapas on the border with Guatemala, mainly in a town called Comitán. Zoraida struggles and fights to keep her properties, inheritance for her only son. For her actions, the sorcerers of Chacjatal cast a death spell over her son.

• Conacine
• Saby Kamalich
• Tito Junco
• Pilar Pellicer
• Fernando Balzaretti
• Cecilia Camacho
• Aztlán Camacho
• Anita Blanch
• Rosaura Revueltas