This is the third time the novel is adapted to TV series / cinema after the mexican production The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002) and the portuguese production The Crime of Father Amaro (2005). However, this is the first production to adapt the novel to its original time period, the XIX century, instead of the beginning of the XXI century.
Elmano Sancho (Carlos) played the part of Eça de Queirós (the author of the novel in which this series is based) in the TV series O Nosso Cônsul em Havana (2019).
José Condessa (Padre Amaro) and Bárbara Branco (Amélia) formed a real life couple (at the moment of the TV series was originally filmed and broadcasted).