Director Josue Mendez about his film:
"It is the story of a man, Santiago, who is looking for order and balance in a chaotic world. He wants to adapt to civilian life, attempts to do things a little better than the rest, but the memories of his war experiences do not let him find peace. He has a military spirit und is persuaded that everything is possible if you fight for it and if you impose your idea of order. But society and the people around him go ahead in their own rhythm, they have not waited for him, they almost forgot about him. I wanted the audience to be as close as possible to the mental state of this person, his paranoia, instability and social fragility".

Mendez had the idea of the story by the end of 1998, when Peru and Equador signed a peace treaty und he watched a documentary about the veterans of this war. He was impressed by their youth and the traumatic experiences when fighting Equador and the "Shining Path". He felt very close to these men, although he never fought, lost and aimless in Lima, just like them. He had just finished his studies and thought the veterans might be a metaphor for the chaotic and decadent city he lived in. When interviewing veterans he remembered a friend of the family, a soldier, who inspired him for the main character: somebody who was admired and respected during the war but turned into a nobody after his return to civilian life.