Onke amazwe akhetha umgqatswa wabo wefilimu kwi-Oscar yeFilimu yoLwimi lwaNgaphandle, njengeSpain kunye noMdaniso woloyiso okanye iArgentina eneMfihlo emehlweni abo, kwaye i-Italiya ikhethe ifilimu yamva nje kumlawuli uGiuseppe Tornatore, ophumelele iOscar yeCinema. IParadiso.
Ifilimu ekuthethwa ngayo ibizwa ngesihloko UBharia kwaye umlawuli usebenzise iinkumbulo zomlawuli: «Kukubuyela kubumsulwa ukuba ndaphulukana nosuku endaphuma ngalo enqanaweni ukusuka eSicily. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini, bendicinga ukwenza ifilimu malunga nelo xesha lobomi bam apho indalo yam yadlula kwezo zitrato ezihlala kuphela iimitha ezingamakhulu ambalwa kodwa apho ndafunda yonke into ihlabathi elingenakuze lindifundise ngayo ».
Ifilimu iBaaria idlala abadlali ababini abangaziwayo uFrancesco Scianna noMargareth Madé. Ukongeza, u-Angela Molina waseSpain naye uvela kwi-cast.
Lo mboniso bhanyabhanya uza kukhutshwa eSpain kulo nyaka uzayo kungekho mhla uza kumiselwa.