Actress Robin Tunney (known from The Craft and The Mentalist ) plays Lina’s mother, Hadley, but she actually goes uncredited in the film.

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To keep things authentic, the movie was filmed on location across Italy, specifically in Rome , Florence , Sorrento , and Anacapri . The production used local Italian foods like spaghetti alla puttanesca and maritozzi (cream-filled brioche) to ground the scenes in Roman culture.

The film treats gelato as more than just a snack; it's a romantic emblem. There’s a memorable line where a character compares regular ice cream to gelato by asking if Michelangelo was "merely a painter".