Macario

Macario es la singular aventura o desventura de un hombre humilde, hambriento, que al dar satisfacción al mayor deseo de su vida —comerse en soledad un pavo entero— recibe poderes sobre la vida y la muerte. A partir de ese momento, Macario vive experiencias extraordinarias. Macario, obra considerada como uno de los mejores textos de Traven, ha encontrado una entusiasta acogida en todo el mundo.The story centers on Macario, a poor Indigenous woodcutter, during Colonial Mexico, on the eve of the Day of the Dead, who lives embittered for being so poor and hungry. His economic situation keeps him and his family at the edge of starvation. After he sees a procession of roast turkeys, his dream is to eat a whole roast turkey just by himself. He announces in front of his wife and children that he will not eat until his dream comes true. His worried wife steals a turkey and gives it to Macario before he heads to the mountains to work.However, just as Macario prepares to eat the turkey, three men appear to him. The first one is the Devil in the guise of a fine gentleman, who tempts Macario in order to get a piece of the turkey. The second one is God in the guise of an old man. Macario refuses to share the turkey with either, since he believes that they both have the means necessary to get themselves what they want.When a third figure —a peasant like himself— appears to him, hegladly shares the turkey with the man. The third man is none other than Death itself. (...)(plot-excerpt from the Wikipedia entry for the Mexican film-adaption of the novel "Macario")