The Discreet Hero

Felicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. His two sons work for him. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money. The police don't take him seriously Felicito refuses to pay up and gets sucked into a nightmare. He becomes a reluctant public hero. Then his mistress is kidnapped and matters become seriously complicated. And he finds that his troubles have begun very close to home. <br><br>His fate is interwoven with the story of Rigoberto a wealthy Lima insurance executive. His boss and old friend Ismael suddenly announces that he is marrying his housekeeper a chola from Piura to the consternation of his twin sons a pair of brutal wasters. Ismael escapes to Europe with his new bride leaving Rigoberto to face the twins' threats and their claims that he connived with a scheming woman to rob an old man of his fortune. Rigoberto is hounded by the press and TV. Meanwhile his only son is having visions of a mysterious stranger who may or may not be the devil...