Noul film lui Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain - foto) la care a inceput turnarea la Londra dupa propriul scenariu reuneste majoritatea colaboratorilor sai preferati: compozitorul Gabriel Yared, directorul de imagine Benoit Delhomme, scenograful Alex McDowell.
Distributia a fost definitivata: Jude Law (Alfie, Closer), Juliette Binoche (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, The English Patient), Robin Wright Penn (Forrest Gump, Unbreakable), Vera Farmiga (The Manchurian Candidate), Martin Freeman (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Ray Winstone (Cold Mountain).
Sydney Pollack (regizor la Tootsie, The Firm, The Interpreter) e co-producator alaturi de Minghella prin compania la care cei doi sunt parteneri, Mirage Enterprises. Fratii Bob si Harvey Weinstein sunt producatori executivi.
