 Although the film takes place in a small, poor town on the shore of  the Lake Atitlán Guatemala, the scenes in town were shot in the neat  colonial city and former capital of Guatemala: Antigua Guatemala.  The cake given to Dr. Zamora by the ladino lady who wishes him to  like her daughter, is the almond pie served at the Cafetería  Cenicientas in Antiguas Calle del Arco.