Elena 5-4

 Elena 5-4

    Elena takes place in Mexico in 1910, at the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. Elena's husband, Pablo, a sombrero maker, has to leave town on business. Elena is worried for his safety. Armed soldiers are everywhere. The rainy season has just ended, and the road is not in good condition. Sure enough, there is a landslide, and Pablo and his horse fall into a ravine. Villagers lift him to safety, but he is badly injured. Before he dies, he tells Elena that she and their four children must leave the village to be safe.
    The army of Pancho Villa arrives in their village. Villa is fighting to free Mexico from a cruel dictator. But Villa is a former bandit who does not respect the law. Elena hides her son, Esteban, in a kitchen cabinet, afraid that Villa will force him into his army.
    Villa himself knocks on the door. When he finds that Pablo has died, he asks if there are any sombreros left. Elena sells him the last one. She knows that it is time for her family to leave.
    Elena and her family leave all their belongings behind, They board a train and travel north to the city of Juarez on the United States border. They are able to cross into the United States and end up settling in Santa Ana, California, because it reminds them of their home.
    Years later, the family finds out that their old village was burned by soldiers. Only then do they realize how Elena's courage saved them all.