It was a very intense, controversial and emotional shoot. The story for the book was inspired by true reports of women abandoned in their homes alone, without food or money, in war time. Some of those reports talk about rape, hungriness, fear and solitude.

For a more realistic effect, the model was directed on the spot, without knowing for sure what would come next. It is very hard to explain in words, but she really performed like an actor and made all of us believe we were in a real situation.