It understandable that people not familiar with Mexico's history are unable to understand the context that the movie portraits. I would dare to say this is a sociopolitical movie, in which they depict a historical moment happening in Mexico. It's 1978 and the country is going through an economic boom in which everything seems to be possible. You can even observe and hear in the background the names of political figures such as Jose Lopez Portillo and Carlos Hank Ron, members of the political party PRI. Portillo's tenure was marked by heavy investments in the national oil industry after the discovery of new oil reserves, which propelled initial economic growth, but later gave way to a severe debt crisis after the international oil prices fell down. His presidency was also marked by widespread government corruption and nepotism.The sudden economic crisis that followed after a period of hope, seems to be represented by Lucía's dramatic and unexpected misfortune. The allegory that Jesus Torres Torres uses to tell us a portion of history and its profound effect on Mexico's culture is quite intelligent. "No one will ever know" refers to all the missed opportunities, of which we will never know what could have happened to a country, if only the economic crisis had never happened.
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