None of the main cast is actually of Latin Descent.
Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón was supposed to be directing this film, but pulled out before production started.
Andy Garcia was considered to play Juan Raul Perez.
Final film of Celia Cruz.
Marisa Tomei and Alfred Molina would later go on to star together in Love is Strange (2014) and Spiderman: No Way Home (2021).