Real details are carefully depicted, with the characters wearing worn-out old clothes instead of beautiful new ones, and having stubble growing in the shaved part of the head since people could hardly shave it everyday, and the film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 76th Academy Awards.
登場人物が綺麗な新品の服ではなく、着古した古着を着ていたり、毎日さかやきを剃るはずが無いから、剃った部分に髪が生えてくる等の実に細かい部分をリアルに丹念に描き、「第76回アカデミー賞」外国語映画部門にノミネートされた。