Otilia has been blessed with a perfect body, while her face has been marred with an enormous mole. As a result, Otilia grows up friendless, except for the companionship of Melquiades, a man employed by her family. Rich landowner Don Isaac arranges for Otilia’s marriage to the local police chief, Isidro. An a cruel man who infects his young wife with a venereal disease that renders her sterile.
