Overview

• Director David Pablos said he chose to depict male bodies and explicit male desire on screen, including erections, to directly address long‑standing taboos.
• The story centers on a young hitchhiker called Veneno and a trucker known as Muñeco whose bond develops within the rough, itinerant trucker culture of northern Mexico.
• Actor Osvaldo Sánchez prepared by obtaining a trucker’s license and training for two months to build on‑screen rapport, with intimacy coach Patricia Ortiz guiding the sex scenes.
• Production took place in Ciudad Juárez, using desert landscapes and roadside cachimbas to ground the film’s realism and to examine masculinity, machismo and vulnerability.
• Producer Inna Payán said the crew requested Guardia Nacional protection during the Juárez shoot and brought in Diego Luna’s La Corriente del Golfo as co‑producer, with La Jornada reporting the film arrived in Morelia with two Venice awards.