Wonke amazwe akhetha ifilimu yawo njengomuntu ozongenela indondo ye-Oscar yefilimu yolimi lwangaphandle, efana neSpain ene-The Victory Dance noma i-Argentina ene-The Secret in their Eyes, kanti i-Italy ikhethe ifilimu yakamuva kumqondisi u-Giuseppe Tornatore, osewine i-Oscar kakade. ngoba Cinema Paradiso.
Ifilimu okukhulunywa ngayo ibizwa ngokuthi I-Baria futhi umqondisi usebenzise izinkumbulo zomqondisi: «Kuwukubuyela ebumsulwa ukuthi ngalahlekelwa usuku ngehla ngalo umkhumbi ngisuka eSicily. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili ngicabanga ukwenza ifilimu mayelana naleyo nkathi yokuphila kwami lapho umkhathi wami wadlula kuleyo migwaqo ethatha amamitha angamakhulu ambalwa kuphela kodwa lapho ngafunda khona konke lokho umhlaba ongeke wangifundisa khona ».
Ifilimu ethi Baaria ilingisa abalingisi ababili abangaziwa uFrancesco Scianna noMargareth Madé. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Angela Molina waseSpain naye uyavela kubalingisi.
Le filimu izokhishwa eSpain ngonyaka ozayo kanti nosuku olungakanqunywa.