Umenzi wefilimu waseColombia, indodana kaGarcía Márquez, osezinze e-US, Rodrigo Garciausanda kuqala ukuqopha iphrojekthi yakhe yakamuva, emenze umdidiyeli wesikrini nanjengomqondisi. Uzobizwa"Umama nengane«, Futhi has ukukhiqizwa Inarritu.
Ukwengezwa kwakamuva kwabalingisi kube Samuel L. Jackson, eyengezwe emagameni aqondile asevele ekhona UNaomi Watts, u-Annette Bening, uJimmy Smits, uKerry Washington no-Elpidia Carrillo.
Ifilimu, njengemisebenzi yakhe yangaphambilini, i-choral nezindaba ezixutshwe ekuthuthukisweni kwayo. Itulo eliyinhloko liphathelene nabesifazane abathathu, oneminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ubudala osanda kukhululwa, indodakazi ayilahla eminyakeni engama-35 edlule, kanye nomuntu wase-Afrika-waseMelika ofuna ingane ezotholwa.
Ifilimu izoqoshwa ngokuphelele e-Los Angeles, ngesabelomali se-7 million dollars. Ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka okuningi ukuyenga izibalo zesiqu sokuqala, njengoGlenn Close, uCameron Díaz noma u-Amy Brenneman, unabo namuhla ongabonwa esikrinini esikhulu, kumafilimu afana ne-"Spirit", "Soul Men", noma "Uvikelwe isitha sakho." USamuel L. Jackson ulungiselela le filimu, ngenkathi elindele ukukhululwa komsebenzi wakhe wakamuva ongakhishiwe, eceleni kukaQuentin Tarantino, enikeza izwi lomlandi ku-"Inglorious Basterds."