Ellis claims the land-which sparks a family feud that invites tragedy and boils over into all-out filial war. Looking to reassert her influence, she asks her younger son to name his inheritance. When the latter returns to the family's hacienda with a metropolitan fiancée (Carmi Martin), domineering Señora Pina (Mona Lisa) immediately disapproves.
Firstborn Lorenzo (Phillip Salvador) toils the land by buffalo while Ellis (Christopher de Leon), the apple of his mother's eye, is given a university education in Manila.
