 The title of this film was lifted from the opening paragraph of the  original version of the Argentinean National Anthem: "Se levanta a  la faz de la tierra, una nueva y gloriosa nación: Coronada a su sien  de laureles, y a sus plantas rendido un león" (A new and glorious  nation raises on the face of the earth: with a laurel crown on its  face and a defeated lion at its feet).