La bodega (1929), directed by Benito Perojo and based on the novel of Vicente Blanco Ibanez (1905), has for a plot the Andalusian wineries where there was an atmosphere of feudalism and clerical exploitation, coupled with a correlative misery and civil unrest. Also, during those times, the masters sexually harass their workers.
The film recounts the love affair of Rafael and Maria Luz, the daughter of Fermin who works at the wine cellars of Pablo Dupont in Jerez. When Rafael gets wounded in a smuggling operation, he was taken care of by Maria Luz. Now, Luis Dupont is known in Jerez for his scandalous festivities in which he is joined by her cousin Lola, called "the marchioness". In one of these feasts, one farm employee is killed by a bull because of their jokes. With his licentious behaviour, Luis courts Maria Luz whom he knows since childhood before Rafael’s eyes, while the marchioness harasses Rafael continuously. One harvest time, Maria Luz gets drunk and gives herself up to Luis. Ashamed of what happened, she abandons Rafael without giving explanations.