Where Does Nacho Libre Take Place?

The plot takes place in early '70s. In one of the first cuts, when Nacho is a kid (some 20 years before the main plot), he pulls off a cloth from above a color TV. Color television started in Mexico in late '60s.

What city does Nacho Libre take place?

Well, the whole production of the film took place at only one location! And that location is the beautiful Oaxaca, Mexico! Producers shot the field trip scene at the end of the film at the archaeological site of Monte Albans which is also located in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Does Nacho Libre take place in Mexico?

"Nacho Libre" was filmed entirely in Oaxaca, and the old missions, the bleached rock and the real Mexicans in the wrestling arenas ground the movie in a world too tangible for comic casualness.

Maya Lin-Takahashi

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