Salvador Sánchez

　　When school teacher Harriet Winslow goes to Mexico to teach, she is kidnapped by Gen. Tomas Arroyo and his revolutionaries. An aging American, Ambrose "Old Gringo" Bierce also in Mexico, befriends Gen. Arroyo and meets Harriet. Bierce is a famous writer, who knowing that he is dying, wishes to keep his identity secret so he can determine his own fate. Though he likes Arroyo, Bierce tries to provoke the General's anger whenever possible in an attempt to get himself killed, thus avoiding suffering through his illness. Winslow is intrigued by both Bierce and Arroyo, and the men are in turn attracted to her. She becomes romantically involved with Arroyo. When Winslow learns of Bierce's true identity (a writer whose work she has loved and respected for years), she is singlemindedly determined to fulfill his dying wish.

　　理查德（詹姆斯·伍兹 James Woods 饰）是一位职业摄影师，每日，他穿梭于世界各地，寻找能够为他带来经济效益的摄影题材。在行业里浸淫已久的他明白，那些美好的，善良的事物无法吸引人们的注意，唯有暴力、恐怖和灾难能够为他带来机遇。　　就这样，理查德和朋友们来到了烽火连天的萨尔瓦多，让理查德没有想到的是，展现在他眼前的，竟然完全是一副人间地狱的惨象。纵使是阅历丰富的理查德，也无法忍受这里发生的点点滴滴，心灰意冷的他决定离开。就在这个节骨眼上，一位名叫玛利亚（艾尔皮迪娅·卡里洛 Elpidia Carrillo 饰）的美丽女子出现在了理查德的生命力，在爱情和事业之间，理查德会做出怎样的选择？