 It was shown at Valladolid International Film Festival and got a mixed reception.Critics recognized the director's talent but criticized the obscure symbolism of the film.Two years later, Chavarri continued the theme of the dysfunctional family with the documentary "El Desencanto" (or "The disenchantment") in 1976, which portraits the family of the deceased Francoist poet Leopoldo Panero, capturing the visceral relations forged out of the patriarchal tyranny in the poet's three sons and widow.