Marisol was the name of director's first girlfriend during his childhood.
Actors Juan Blasi and Jorge Blasi who play Pedro and Hugo in the film are also brothers in real life.
Composer Eduardo Biasin is director's father. The original score for the film was inspired by home-made recordings by Eduardo Biasin from the 1970s. Composer Emilio Cervini plays electric guitar on "Karkadam", a rock/pop band. Mariano Biasin plays keyboards in the same band.
The cast includes many actors from the theatre company "Amanecer - Asociación Casa-Taller" project.
Cast member Roberto Livingston (Pedro's grandfather in the film) is not an actor. He lives in Del Viso, the little town where the movie was shot. He is almost blind.