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This slow-paced, uneven costume drama centers on the life and times of the legendary Andalucian bandolero, Diego Corrientes-Mateos, born in August of 1759 in the town of Utrera. Set against a backdrop of scenic countryside landscapes and idyllic small towns, Corrientes' story unfolds. As this film illustrates, he took up a nomadic existence through no fault of his own, and robbed from the rich to give to the poor. His generosity is his most salient character trait, along with his refusal to kill or harm anyone he robbed. Sought by his arch-nemesis Don Francisco de Bruma, the regent of Seville, Corrientes was betrayed and captured in March of 1781. After three weeks in abominable conditions in a solitary cell, he was dragged to his place of execution, hanged, and then dismembered. He was twenty-four years old.