The director and his crew had a Fiat Panda full of film equipment stolen while filming the short film A Chjàna (2011). They went to the Romani community in the Ciambra to negotiate for their car. This is how the director first met the Amato family, who he depicts in this film.
The man at the train station who pays to get his car back is played by the director's father.
As in the film's predecessor, Mediterranea (2015), the cast consists of non-professional actors who the director met in the city of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, Italy. The story is a fictional narrative in true-to-life surroundings.
Italy's submission to the Foreign Language Film Award of the 90th Annual Academy Awards.