Matthew Leitch and Kirstie Leitch (his wife) have a real life steamy scene in the film. Camera and gear had to be shipped several times for the second unit shoot of the film in the UK because of footage conversion problems.
There are two versions of the film. And unedited, uncensored version (the director's cut) which will be used for festival and its theatrical release and a sanitized version of the film for mass appeal when the film is released on DVD. The racy scenes of the film can be found in the director's cut.
The Carnival of Las Tablas is at least 250 years old and it has had a rivalry which divides the town in Uptown and Downtown. Uptown (better known as Calle Arriba) is know as the rich peoples' party while Downtown (Calle Abajo) has always been represented by the "pueblo" or townspeople. This rivalry creates a colorful feud of extravagant presentation from both parties as they try to outdo one another.
Sabor was censored in Panama due to in fighting between Calle Abajo directives from 2009 and 2010. The 2009 authorized the shooting of the film, but since the film was being exhibited in 2010, the new directives insisted all benefits from the Premiere belonged to them. The film never opened. Instead, Calle arriba, the other competitor side of Calle Abajo made a song about the scandal for 2010. Sabor Tropical was made one of the official carnival songs of Calle Arriba of Las Tablas 2010 carnival. Here is a link to the song. The song was played as the floats passed and was danced by and sung by carnival attendees.