In 1988, the producers returned to the project, which subsequently passed through the hands of six screenwriters. Two years later, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union changed the geopolitical face of the world and provoked another halt to the project. The left-right ideology had ceased to exist. Had the film been made before then, it most certainly would have seemed dated. In spite of numerous delays in bringing the project to life, Lucy Barreto is certain that the film arrived at the right time.
Distance allows greater possibility for reflection.
I consider it essential to show a page of recent history, which, for a generation of young people, could appear never to have happened. They were obstinate idealists, but also crazy and irresponsible.