He seems to sympathize with the Fascist regime but he is not a member of the party, and although he reprimands his kitchen staff for political insubordination he does not report them.

[2] Writer-director Giuseppe Piccioni wrote the screenplay with Gualtiero Rosella and Annick Emdin.

[3] In January 2021, principal photography was announced to be concentrated in the Italian city of Ascoli Piceno.

[5] Filming locations include the Caffè Meletti which overlooks the Piazza del Popolo, the Via delle Stelle, the garden of Palazzo Saladini Pilastri, Tufillo Bridge and the Riserva Naturale Regionale Sentina.

Bradshaw commented that it showed a “traditional kind of moviemaking, robustly made“.