In rural Mexico, during the peasant revolts of the 1970s, Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio lead double lives. On the one hand, they are simple country musicians, and on the other they actively support the peasant guerrilla movement against the oppressor government. When the army occupies the village, the rebels are forced to flee and leave their ammunition behind. Making the most of the fact that he looks like an inoffensive violinist,...

Un grupo de supuestos campesinos italianos llegan a Veracruz durante la dictadura porfirista. Saben hacer de todo, excepto cultivar la tierra: entre ellos hay cirqueros, filósofos y hasta cazadores de conejos. Poco a poco descubrirán que Las Magnolias no es el paraíso que les prometieron y Lucio, el más joven del grupo, cometerá un pecado que, 80 años después, lo obligará a regresar a su natal Nápoles. La libertad, la bicicleta. Una espléndida...