- The character of Benigno is based on Pedro Almodóvar's close friend Roberto Benigni.
- Cecilia Roth and Marisa Paredes, who both feature frequently in Pedro Almodóvar's films, appear briefly when Caetano Veloso is singing.
- There is a Spanish translation of Michael Cunningham's "The Hours" on Marco's bedside table.
- Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#07)
- Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#01, tied with "Mies vailla menneisyyttä")
- Cameo: [Agustín Almodóvar] the priest conducting the wedding is the producer of the film (and the director's brother).
- The bulls' bloodiness in the film is real. An ecological group in Madrid tried to sue Pedro Almodóvar for ill treatment of animals, not attacking him, as such, but society for accepting it. Almodóvar said that he had the permission of the bulls' owners to kill them and that the ecological group was just trying to gain some publicity.
- When Marco asks Lydia her name, he says something like, "It looks you've been predestined to it." That's because bullfighting is also known as "art of lidia".
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- SPOILER: Several takes were needed for the scene were Lydia is attacked by the bull, because the bull always jumped over the dummy without damaging it.
- SPOILER: The real life father of Rosario Flores (Lidia) is Antonio Gonzalez, the same as in the film. This name can be seen in the newspaper where Lidia is reported to have died.
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