This movie will be part of a trilogy. Muhammad will never be shown in any of the three films for the respect of his character. This is specifically done in all media in Islam countries to avoid idolization of a renown character to an actor's face. Instead, he is meant to be known by his religious and historical personality profile.
According to "The Guardian", the cost of making of this movie was something about 50 million Dollars which makes it the most expensive Iranian picture to date.
It was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Majid Majidi's 5th film to be officially submitted to the Academy by Iran which is a record for him. Asghar Farhadi is second with 4 films.
It is the highest grossing film of 2015 in Iran's local box office history.