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The first Mexican Film to be nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film.

The scene where Macario visits Death at the Cave with the Candles, which each of them represent a human life, would inspire a similar scene on the animated film The Book of Life (2014). Both films use El Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) as a main theme.

Debut of actress Pina Pellicer.

This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.

This film has a 100% rating based on 5 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.