In the late nineteenth century gaucho Juan Moreira is a good worker, who, like many gauchos, is subjected to abuse and humiliation from the powerful. This leads to Moreira become a "bad gaucho" and confront the police, but respected by the people.In the late nineteenth century, the mule driver Juan Moreira is a good gaucho and worker who, like many others, is subjected to abuse and humiliation by the powerful, either the police or landowners.