 The parents of those chosen are reported to have been provided copies of the novel, from which a commentary had been physically removed; those pages included describing the culmination of the hunt of a wild sow as an "Œdipal wedding night".Brook noted that "time was short; we were lent the children by unexpectedly eager parents just for the duration of the summer holidays".The film was shot entirely in Puerto Rico at Aguadilla, El Yunque and on the island of Vieques.