Due to the lack of means, the film was shot intermittently between 1974 and 1977.
The main role was played by Rosa Raich, the filmmaker's life partner in real life.
The title of the film comes from a few words that Mao Zedong pronounced on April 15, 1958: "Among other characteristics of the population of six hundred million of China, its poverty and nakedness stands out. This seems like a bad thing, but it's really good. Poverty drives the desire for change, for action, for revolution. On a blank sheet of paper, nude, you can write the newest and most beautiful words and paint the most original and beautiful paintings».