Shot in 1982, this movie was released only in 2015, after the director's death.
Director Manoel de Oliveira left instructions that this film be released only after his death. However, it was screened at the Portuguese Cinemathèque in 1993, during a retrospective of the director's work.
The film was shot entirely in the house where Manoel de Oliveira lived during many years, at Rua da Vilarinha, Porto.