sentences:  Margarita López Portillo, the director of Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía, took over the project reshaping it as a co-production with Spain inviting renowned Spanish director Carlos Saura to direct the film.German actress Hanna Shygulla was cast as the journalist investigating Antonieta's suicide.Jean-Claude Carriere, Luis Buñuel's script writer, was assigned the adaptation of the story.