When it became clear that two additional scenes would help the script, a) the quarrel about whether Cecilia should publish her article and b) the flashback scene why Cecilia and Carlos got married, there was a little competition going on between Writer and Director Christopher Hampton and Dame Emma Thompson, who wrote their versions of those scenes. Thompson's version of the flashback scene was finally agreed on.
This is Antonio Banderas' second movie regarding Argentine history, he had previously play Che Guevara in Evita (1996), also set in Argentina.
Irene Escolar's debut.
This was met with boos and walk-outs when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.