The title of the film Volpina refers to the character Volpina, played by
Josiane Tanzilli in Federico Fellini's film Amarcord (1973).
The name of Lizardo's character, played by Dodi de Miquel, is a tribute to the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), in which John Lithgow plays Doctor Emilio Lizardo.
Hiromi (Nana Yang) wears a "New York Herald Tribune" t-shirt, the same t-shirt that Jean Seberg wore in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960).
The name of the character of Humberto, played by Daniel Medrán, is a tribute to Umberto Lenzi, director of low-budget horror films.
The character's name Linda, played by Garazi Beloki, is a reference to actress Linda Hamilton. Linda's character is related to Barbara Hershey's in The Entity (1982).