Official submission of Brazil to the 1974's Oscars in the best foreign language film category. As of 2013, Brazil's only submitted film directed by a non-Brazilian director.
Director George Sluizer's widow Anne revealed that they went through a troubled shooting with misplaced equipment and bags when they arrived in Brazil, a Brazilian producer pulling out of the project due to some problems with IRS and the casting of Joffre Soares was a last minute decision when the original actor got sick.