This movie is being released in Venezuela with a similar amount of copies of movies like Spiderman or Star Wars. It is the first Venezuelan movie of all times to be distributed internationally.
The director Jonathan Jakubowicz has been kidnapped, and his cinematic style in this movie is a translation of the way he perceived reality while held hostage 45 minutes with a gun under his nose.
Other than Mia Maestro and Ruben Blades, the entire cast of the movie is of non professional actors. They did six months of rehearsals to get to the level we see on screen.
Nominated for Best Foreign Film in the British Independent Film Awards 2005
This is the top grossing movie in Venezuela's box office history. It defeated Titanic and The Passion of the Christ, the former champions.