[2] The film is based on an actual Italian woman, Elisa Girotto, who had planned and allocated 17 years of birthday gifts for her daughter Anna before her death in September 2017 due to a terminal breast cancer.

[3] Girotto had been diagnosed with cancer at the time that she gave birth to her daughter, in August 2016 at the age of 40.

[10][11][12] A pregnant mother Elisa (Vittoria Puccini) gives birth to her baby daughter Anna (Benedetta Porcaroli) and attempts to be part of her life by allocating 18 sentimental emotional gifts for her unborn daughter, soon after realising that she has breast cancer.

Elisa dies shortly after giving birth and Anna gets to know about her mother's love and sacrifice after growing up and feels guilty.

[13] Principal photography commenced in 2019 and was produced jointly by Lucky Red, 3 Marys Entertainment and Rai Cinema.