
A young journalist asks an old artist about the portrait of a naked Indian woman that he has in his study. The artist tells the story of Maria Candelaria, a young Indian woman who was rejected by her own people for being the daughter of a prostitute. She is protected by a young Indian man, Lorenzo Rafael, who has fallen in love with her.
María Candelaria

Lorenzo Rafael

El Pintor
Lupe
Don Damian

Reporter

Priest

Jose Alfonso
Bone-doctor (as Guadalupe del Castillo)
Gossip
Judge

Model
Model
Model
(uncredited)
Sirvienta del pintor (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)

Bit Part (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Judge's Secratary (uncredited)
Medic (uncredited)