 Like the source, the work is set in France and Spain.In an attempt to be true to the 1920s setting, some Pamplona scenes were shot in Segovia and some Paris scenes were shot in Versailles, because Paris and Pamplona did not look as they had 60 years earlier.According to John J. O'Connor of "The New York Times" virtually all nuances that differed from the source were not well executed.