In its home country, Haircut was highly acclaimed both by the critic and by the audience in an unprecedented way for Portugal.

The Brazilian newspaper Estado de São Paulo called it the first post-modern Portuguese film.

Haircut became famous even before having been shot, for its long pre-production, which consisted on thousands of casting calls, which would finally end with the finding of the leading lady Carla Bolito.

[2] The film was shot in a series of popular locations in Lisbon where, however, no film had ever been shot before, like the 1960s expressionist Mexicana café (architect Jorge Ferreira Chaves), the 1980s post-modern shopping center Amoreiras or the Príncipe Real Garden where, some years later, the final scene of João César Monteiro's film Vai e Vem would be shot.

However, for some reason Rita wants to be absolutely sure Paulo loves her and decides to cut her long black hair short before the ceremony.