The plot tracks two male friends, a film director and a wannabe leading man, preparing a musical film, intended to star Amanda Castro, a Spanish cinema diva at a low ebb.

The film was produced by Fernando Trueba PC and Buenavida producciones,[5] with the participation of TVE, Vía Digital and Amiguetes Entertainment.

Owing to superficial similarities of the plot with Cecil B. Demented's, lawyers representing the latter film threatened to take legal measures.

[7] Distributed by Lolafilms,[2] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 27 October 2000.

[5] Jonathan Holland of Variety considered that despite being "dangerously straddled between genres in a way that could confuse audiences" the film "manages to be moving, funny and thought-provoking".