Chano is a kid from a remote indigenous community in the mountains of México, he has the responsibility to walk for hours to take to the Sunday street market the idols of the “Tecuanes” that are handcrafted by Cenobio, his grandfather. The old sick man Cenobio shared with Chano the legend and the ancestral tradition of the Tecuanes “Cuilli and Macuilli”. Days later Chano sells the idols to a couple of tourists and by using the argument that the legend is interesting, the tourists suggest Chano to go to sell the idols to the city making him believe that he will improve his life conditions. Chano convinces Cenobio to go to the city leaving behind his mother and brother. In the meantime the idols and their story are given, stolen and used by different owners to achieve their purposes, ambitions and needs. Chano and Cenobio arrive to the city with great ingenuity, ignored by the inhabitants of the large city. They establish in the outskirts areas, working as labourers and loaders at the street market of Tepito The idols and legend change from different owners until they are registered by an important foreign film director that usurped the Legend of “Cuilli and Macuilli” Months later he takes the legend to theaters, getting a great acceptance and commercial success.
When the director and his girlfriend are leaving the film festival they bump into a couple of beggars, Chano offers him the idols of “Cuilli and Macuilli” to the couple. During the development of the story, the legend of “Cuilli and Macuilli” is told by different characters that have the idols in their power, with the personal vision of each one. On this journey many rites and traditions from Guerrero are recreated. Such as the “Fight of the Tiger” in Chilpancingo, The Tigrada in Chilapa, The Rain Request in Zitlala and the processions of the Holy week in Taxco.