Childhood trauma and religious repression causes a little boy to grow up into a murderer.
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The people behind it
Ignacio López Tarso
Ángel Peñafiel, Mimi
Ofelia Guilmáin
Doña Eulalia, madre de Mimi
Ana Martín
Rosita
Carmen Montejo
Magdalena, prostituta vecina
Roberto 'El Flaco' Guzmán
Federico
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Hermano Mackenzie
Rosa Furman
Prostituta asesinada
Ana Ofelia Murguía
Catita
Héctor Ortega
Padre de Mimi
Max Kerlow
Don Paco
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