• This is a movie filmed in Plautdietsch, a dialect spoken by the Russian Mennonites.

  • Mexico's official submission for the 80th Academy Awards, and the first film from that country that is not in Spanish. Under AMPAS's new rules for Best Foreign-Language Film, it is eligible for a nomination.

  • Martin Scorsese called this film "A surprising picture, and a very moving one as well."

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