According to Vicente Aranda, he had to change his original plan for the look and photography of the movie because Ornella Muti had to look beautiful.
Based upon a Juan Marsé's novel. The writer did not like the film at all, to the point of stating that "the best thing about it was Ornella Muti's ass."
Ornella Muti, the leading actress, confessed: "I liked my lips, my eyes, my hands. But I had never thought that my butt could be so attractive".