This movie is a re-narration of the life of the Mexican hero of the revolution Zapata. It's not strictly historic but superelevates Zapata. The plot takes place in the end of the 19. and at the beginning of the 20. century during the dictatorship of Porfirio DÃaz, the presidency of Francisco I. Madero, the military revolt of Victoriano Huerta, the Convention of Generals and ends with the death of Zapata.