The apartment scenes were filmed in director Gabriela Sandoval's own home.
T-shirts about movies worn on screen: Borat, Napoleon Dynamite's "Vote For Pedro", Stranger Than Paradise and Deep Throat.
Some of the movies mentioned in the film include: Napoleon Dynamite (2004), Pink Flamingos (1972), Tetsuo (1989), Ghost World (2001), Los Olvidados (1950), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006), Manhattan (1979), Oldboy (2003), Clerks (1994), Happiness (1998), Donnie Darko (2001), Annie Hall (1977), The End of Summer (1961), The Ten Commandments (1956), Pueblerina (1949), Enamorada (1946), Salón México (1949), La Perla (1947).
The movie posters in Mariano's room include: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Antz (1998), Manhattan (1979), Casablanca (1942), Adaptation. (2002), School Of Rock (2003), The Big Lebowski (1998), Waking Life (2001), and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).