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Sir Anthony Hopkins created such a hard time for writer and director Sergio Toledo that, after this movie was finished, Toledo decided to quit filmmaking, even though his first movie, Vera (1986), received great accolades in his home country, Brazil. Toledo never set foot on a set again.

Joel Filártiga, the Paraguayan doctor whose story is the basis of that movie was born Joel Holden Filártiga Ferreira 15 August 1932 in Ybytymi, Paraguay and died July 5 2019 in Asunción, capital of Paraguay.

The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Anthony Hopkins; and two Oscar nominees: Norma Aleandro and Fernanda Torres.