sentences:  In spite of it all, we made the film.” Producer Vicente Andres Gomez says that he and Marsé thought that Mario Camus was the most appropriate director to make the film.The film, a co-production with Italy, had a budget of 164 million pesetas (then about $1.36 million USD or 1.04 million Euros).Shot in Barcelona, the movie premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it was well received.