IntheSpainoftheearly19thcenturythereisnoplaceforeveryone,muchlessfortraitors.AwomannicknamedLaLlaneraisreleasedfromprisonafter17years.Duringherimprisonment,shehasbeensentencedeveryyeartothegallowsandpardonedatthelastmoment.HersonJuandeEllawasborninthecellanddoesnotknowherfather,thefamousbanditLagartijo.MotherandsonwilltrytolivethefreedomthathasbeendeniedthemforsomanyyearswhiletheyarepersecutedbygangsofbanditsandgunmenfromtheGovernor.Lagartijo,AceitunoandtheGovernorlookforLaLlanera,buttheyalsolookforeachother.