Only male nudity present in movie. Male full frontal nudity shown in a couple of scenes.

Gay-related activity shown in many scenes.

A male prostitute dresses as a woman.

A man and woman kiss.

A male character is shown to be bisexual.

Some witnesses give false testimony about the protagonist sexually assaulting some minors.

Includes a scene of sexuality involving a child.

We see a woman's corpse from a distance and it is implied that she jumped out a window from a tall building.

Guns are used by soldiers and police to threaten civilians but are never fired.

A man claims to be smuggling cigars by hiding them in his anus.

Numerous scenes with alcoholic beverages and heavy drinking.

The film depicts the increasingly dangerous political climate in Cuba following Fidel Castro's rise to power, and its effect on Cuban citizens (particularly the LGBTQIA+ population). As such, there is a theme of desolation and hopelessness throughout, and such conditions within the nation understandably bring out the worst in some of the characters.

A policeman puts a pistol inside the mouth of the protagonist and taunts him.