Set in 1948 and 1986.
Final film is Saby Kamalich.
Based on Jose Emilio Pacheco's book "Batallas en el desierto," which shares a title with one of Mexican group Cafe' Tacuba's hits, "Las Batallas."
The story is developed in a neighborhood called Colonia Roma in Mexico City, which has become a hipster area full of trendy restaurants and bars, barber shops, pop-up stores, small boutiques, markets, and lots of people walking dogs and riding bikes. "La Bella Italia" the ice cream shop that appears in the movie, remains exactly the same.