Based on the true story of the Hadhad family who arrived in Canada in 2015. As depicted in the film, they opened the first Peace By Chocolate store in the town of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2016.
Peace by Chocolate now has two major storefronts, in Antigonish and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their chocolate is sold all across Canada.
Tareq became a Canadian citizen in January 2020.
Feeling the movie had limited commercial value, its Canadian distributor, Vortex Media, decided to give it a limited theatrical release and marketing campaign, resulting in it becoming a box office bomb.