Malambo

Based on a quechua legend Malambo tells the story of a woman who lost her husband and son because of the greedy patrón of an hacienda She swore that she would never remove the cloth over her eyes until her dead were avenged by the deaths of the patrón and his daughter Nature seems to be on her side since a drought has afflicted the land Her other son Malambo accepts the duty of revenge Malambo is no normal human he is the runauturungo or Hombre Tigre of Quechua lore and he cannot be wounded by bullets He leads the obreros to rise in revolt and defeats the patrón However instead of killing the patróns daughterthe blind Urpila he falls in love with her thereby breaking his mothers heart