Set in Mexicos isthmus of Tehuantepec, La Zandunga (the title refers to a famous regional dance) is the story of a beautiful young woman, Lupe, who is caught between the sailor, Juancho, she yearns for, the older man, Don Atanasio, who tries to pressure her into marriage, and the hotheaded young admirer, Ramon, whose intervention earns her gratitude.