Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a champion breeder he comes back for the rooster bred by his father. But it is Hector his son who inherits the prize-winning bird and neither are about to give in. The fall-out from their conflict has consequences for the whole family especially for Angela the sensitive 14-year-old daughter unable to cope with the brutal world that surrounds her and her own emerging womanhood despite the best efforts of Juana her strong but long-suffering mother.