It was one of two films released as the Marcos Pérez Jiménez's military dictatorship fell, the premieres of which were described as "remarkable" and just preceding the diminishing influence that democracy had on filmmaking. Because it was produced during the dictatorship, the film is not government funded but independent. Chalbaud had founded the production company Allegro Films SA in 1956 with Hilario González, but they still faced trouble financing the film.