Continuity mistake: When Clarence is holding a photo of her father whilst sitting at the airport, she puts down the other photos she is holding, so she can place both hands on the one photo. Then it cuts to a close-up of the photo where only her left hand is touching the photo, whilst her right is picking up another photo. (00:42:40)
Continuity mistake: When Killian is on the beach with his father, he picks up a baby turtle crawling on the sand. In the close-up shot of the turtle being picked up, some sand can be seen getting stuck in one of Killian's fingernails. When he puts the turtle down two shots later, the sand in his fingernail has disappeared. (00:40:40)
Continuity mistake: Killian and Jacobo are sitting at a table during a party, and a third man begins to sit down with them. Whilst the man is sitting down, Jacobo begins to raise his arm. In the next shot, his arm is fully extended, and has finished flicking cigarette ash into an ash tray. (00:30:06)
Continuity mistake: When Killian is at the dinner party, in the first wide shot of the table, Killian is shown sitting at his seat, holding a fork, pointed in a downwards position. Then it cuts to a shot focusing on Killian, where the fork is now being held at a sideways position. (00:26:06)
Continuity mistake: Julia picks up a small box of mosquito bite cream to give to Killian. She is shown placing the cream on the counter, positioned to the right of Killian. The next shot, Killian is shown picking up the cream, which is now directly in front of him. While we don't see where the cream was placed, he is shown reaching towards the area in front of him, so it is definitely not in the same place. (00:24:37)
Continuity mistake: When the snake is in the truck, in the shot of the guy saying "Get up there and kill it", the snake is entirely inside the truck, away from the edge. It cuts to Killian, then back to the snake, but now it's over the edge of the truck. It cuts back to Killian again, but when it cuts to the guy with the whip, the snake is suddenly back inside the truck, away from the edge. The guy runs up to the snake (the snake still inside the truck), but in a close-up, the snake is over the edge again. (00:18:28)
Continuity mistake: When Killian is speaking with his father in the port after arriving, after his father says "Welcome to your birthplace, son", Killian readjusts the bag strap he has over his right shoulder with his left hand. In the next shot, his hand is suddenly off the strap and then goes to readjust it a second time. Then in the shot after that, his hand is off the strap completely. (00:13:17)
Continuity mistake: In 1954, when Killian is about to leave home, he sticks a pair of skis into the snow. In the shot of Killian sticking his skis into the snow, his body is rotated slightly to the left to be face-to-face with the skis and his hands are touching them. In the next shot, his body is suddenly facing forwards and his hands are off the skis. (00:10:19)
Continuity mistake: When Clarence is looking over the scroll of paper, in the close-up shot, she is holding the paper with both hands. When it cuts to a different angle, she is holding it with only her left hand. (00:08:54)
Continuity mistake: When Daniela is putting Killian to bed, in the shot of her saying "I don't understand you, Dad", Killian's right hand is shown touching the side of her face, but in the next shot, his hand is suddenly off her face. (00:05:15)
Continuity mistake: When Clarence and Daniela are in Killian's office, Clarence picks up a photograph on the desk. In the close-up shot of the photo, she is shown lifting it off the desk, but when it cuts to a wider shot, the photo is only lifted about an inch over the desk. (00:03:48)
Continuity mistake: In December 1963, whilst Julia and Manuel are talking, Killian is shown in the foreground of shot playing with the kid. When Julia is saying "With Gustavo in the council, we have a friend in the new party", Killian has his hand raised a foot or two above the ground whilst the kid drops some stuff into his hand. In the next shot, Killian's hand is much lower down to the ground. (01:46:20)
