Servando González

12-year-old George Mellish, tired of beatings for both real and fancied misdeeds at the hands of his foster parents,runs away from home by hopping a freight train and lands somewhere east of the Mississippi River. (imdb)

A little boy starts manifesting a greater talent at music and at the same time, a supersensitivity to sounds. His astute hearing drives him into the woods and away from the cacophony of the town's hustle and bustle. There he meets a kindly old hermit who teaches him how to play the violin he made. The violin ends up at a pawn shop, and each night the boy sneaks in to play it in secret. It is this haunting, nightly music that sets the town on edge -= people think an evil spirit is on the loose. (letterboxd.com)

The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'.

Engineer Manuel Iglesias is commissioned to supervise the expansion of the Chihuahua-Pacific railroad; To do this, she wants her adopted son Julián to collaborate, but he is reluctant. In the mountains, Julián seduces the young Andarica, daughter of Governor Tarahumara. She becomes pregnant and he does not want to marry although his father promises the governor that his son will comply. (FILMAFFINITY)

A woman who is about to die calls the town’s priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.