Olu ayilulo olunye ushicilelo loMnyhadala weFilimu waMazwe ngaMazwe waseCatalonia, uSitges 2007. Kwaye ayilulo olunye ushicilelo kuba intlanganiso ibhiyozela iminyaka engama-40 ikhona, kuchaziwe.
Ukusukela ekusekweni kwayo, le ntlanganiso igxile kumdlalo bhanyabhanya omnandi. Kwaye izisa olona hlobo luhle kakhulu, kunye nobukho obuqinileyo beemovie zamanye amazwe. Ngoku, lo msitho wawuphethe "ikhaya leenkedama", eneenkwenkwezi uBelén Rueda.
Kukuqala kukaJuan Antonio Bayona. Ifilimu yavuselela umdla omkhulu kunye nokwamkelwa okuhle kubaphulaphuli. "Lo mnyhadala ngumzekelo wento ekufuneka yenze i-cinema yaseSpain," utshilo u-Ángel Sala, umlawuli womnyhadala, kwincoko nabeendaba.