The film's title only appears 13 minutes in.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #968.
In an interview, Carlos Reygadas explained the presence of Magdalena Flores in the film. "I found Magdalena in a village near the one we filmed. When I approached her of course at first she said no, but when I visited her again and spoke to her children-who are themselves in their fifties-she eventually agreed. Right from the start I said there would be nude scenes," he said.
In a telling interview, Carlos Reygadas explained the filming of the sex scene between Alejandro Ferretis and Magdalena Flores:
I knew Magdalena would be struggling not to do it, and I knew he would struggle to get her in position and, when he thought he was going to penetrate her, would be very nervous. Of course my plan was that when they were come together I would say, 'Cut, that's enough.'
Asked why make them go through all that, the director said he wanted that struggle to exist onscreen between the characters.