The whole movie was shot on Digital 8, 25% of it on blue screen, and took nine yeas to complete.
The scene of a city made of sugar cubes was shot during the night of September 10-11, 2001. The Dark Bob song "War of '99" had been omitted from his CD because he felt it was "too dark."
Ohara's mother and grandmother were bombed out of their homes three times during WWII air raids. So she felt a personal connection to the story of German women rebuilding their country after the war. She shot "The Potato Woman" scene in Baitz, formerly East Germany.
Won Best Film (International) at London Independent Film Festival 2010.