About 540 girls were auditioned in Apuglia and Roma before casting Francesca Pipoli who was 7 at the time of principal photography.
Gala Screening in presence of Prince Albert de Monaco, during the 41st Television Festival of Monte-Carlo on 21 February 2001.
Denis Rabaglia's father was actually a building worker and did invent a special type of bitumen, just like the hero of the film.