Jay Ilagan was supposed to play the role of Julio Madiaga. But due to his increasing weight problem, he had to quit. The role went to the newcomer Bembol Roco.
The only Filipino film included in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider.
The name of the street where Julio patiently waits for Ligaya is "Misericordia", a Spanish word which, in English, translates to "mercy".
Contrary to what was being depicted, the famous establishing shot of Julio forlornly waiting by the signage of Misericordia Street was *not* actually shot there. Bembol Roco was in fact on nearby Tambacan Street with a prop signage superimposed over it; a camera placed on the second level of an adjacent Chinese temple to achieve that gradual zoom-in. The real Misericordia intersection was crowded and did not provide the satisfactory angles necessary for the narrative. (Misericordia was known as a "red light district" back in the 1970s.)
Won, Best Archive Restoration/Preservation Title, FOCAL International Awards 2014.