The Italian ministry of the arts and culture deemed the production culturally significant and donated 1.6 million Euros to the film's overall budget.
The Italian ratings board originally gave the film "no one under 14" rating. Tinto Brass later personally fought for a "no one under 18" rating because he thought that the younger audience would not understand the film's subject matter, but later he agreed to allow a lower rating.
The film contains either a visual or a verbal reference to almost every one of Tinto Brass's previous films.
Only in one scene, Anna Galiena was replaced by a body double: "I had to cross a beach naked, but there were some paparazzi on a boat who are spying us. Shooting on set is one thing, to do it outdoors is different," she says.
Director Tinto Brass recalls that at first Anna Galiena seemed doubtful about accepting the role, but then she insisted on having the part, and stubbornly asked to audition. So she went to the director's studio in Isola Farnese where, in order to guarantee the utmost privacy, Brass covered the glass panels of the door with a dark cloth. The actress undressed completely naked and told Brass that her initial uncertainty stemmed from the fact that she had little pubic hair.