Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#05)
Two of the leads of the movie are grandchildren of the director/co-writer and the novelist whose book inspired the movie. Leonor Baldaque is the granddaughter of novelist Agustina Bessa-Luís, while Ricardo Trêpa is of
Manoel de Oliveira.