The house in Davenport the protagonist lives in for a house exchange actually belongs to Pupi Avati and to his brother Antonio. It used to be the house of Bix Beiderbecke, the jazz trumper player Avati dedicated his 1991 movie "Bix" to.
The film is director Avati's tribute to 1940s American cinema. From the choice of black and white to the wide-angle shots reminiscent of Orson Welles and the tracking shots à la Hitchcock, every detail evokes the era's cinematic style. Part of the soundtrack is even played on a musical saw, a nod to the 1946 film The Spiral Staircase
The final scene of the movie is shot in the same location Robert Rossellini used for the sixth episode of his movie "Paisà" (1946).