This is the first of 10 collaborations between director Luca Guadagnino and editor Walter Fasano. It was followed by The Protagonists (1999), L'uomo risacca (2000), Mundo Civilizado (2003), Melissa P. (2005), I Am Love (2009), Chronology (2010), Destinée (2012), Bertolucci on Bertolucci (2013) and A Bigger Splash (2015).