Tiembla el corazón

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Rubén (Deyvis Rivera) lives in Cerro de Pasco, a mining town known for its intense cold. His mother takes care of him and his two brothers, and he helps out by selling candy in the town square. His father works in the mines, but he has a problem: he's addicted to alcohol, which leads him to beat his mother after getting drunk (kicking her and whipping her with a belt). Rubén isn't spared his father's abuse; he also receives beatings, and being the eldest son, he gets a fair number of blows.