Enye yekalika kunye nesanti. Ngokutsho kwabagxeki, izolo kwi Umnyhadala weSan Sebastian kwabakho ukudana nokumangaliswa. Bonke bavumile ukuba imovie entsha ye UPaul Auster Njengomlawuli, "Ubomi obusondeleyo bukaMartin Frost" busilela kwinqanaba elilindelweyo.
Ikhutshwe kukhuphiswano, ifilimu ibalisa ubudlelwane phakathi kombhali kunye nemyuziyam yakhe ekhuthazayo, ngecebo lelebyrinthine. Iskripthi sabhalwa ngo-1999 kwaye ngokutsho kombhali saye samkelwa "njengeqhekeza elincinci".
Okwangoku, ukufika kwenkwenkwezi kwathetha kakhulu URichard Gere umnyhadala, ibiyintoni ibhaso kunye noDonostia ngomsebenzi wakhe kunye nomsebenzi wakhe owenzelwe i-cinema, eyanikezelwa kuye IAitana Sánchez Gijon. UGere naye uneenkwenkwezi kwi "The Great Scam," yiSweden Lasse Hallström, ethiwe thaca kwicandelo elifanayo.