In Canada, the Ontario Film Review Board originally banned the film because it was too pornographic. The film was re-submitted under a pornographic license, and banned because it was too violent. By then it had been selected for the Toronto Film Festival, and was approved in British Columbia and Québec. On March 8, 2001, the Ontario Film Review Board approved the film, with an R rating.
The film playing during the sex scene is Gaspar Noe's "I Stand Alone"
The stars and a director are adult film stars.
Banned in Australia. It was initially released to a select audience, but the federal government used police to shut down the screenings.
The film, co-directed by Coralie Trinh Thi who had previously worked as a pornographic actress,[6] included several unsimulated sex scenes. The two lead roles were also played by porn actresses, while several other porn actors, including Ian Scott as one of the rapists, appeared in supporting roles.