Gaston Diehl, cultural attaché of the French Embassy in Venezuela and art critic, was a pioneer of the art documentary in cinema. Together with director Alain Resnais, he made a film about the painter Vincent Van Gogh, the first of its kind. In Caracas, he was fascinated by Reverón's almost unknown work and decided to make a film that would vindicate the Venezuelan artist. He contacted Resnais but the latter could not come to the country due to previously acquired commitments. However, in those days, Diehl met Benacerraf, who was still studying film at the Institute of Higher Cinematographic Studies (IDHEC) in Paris and was passing through Caracas. He asked her to write a script for him as a preliminary step to making the film. The director accepted, thus beginning a long period of intense and difficult research and photographic compilation on the painter -of whom there was very little information at the time and whose works were scattered in various private collections- accompanied by frequent visits to El Castillete to get to know the character closely and create a climate of trust.
