'P.I.M.P.' wasn't the first choice for the song. It was meant to be Dolly Parton's 'Jolene', but Dolly Parton's team wouldn't give them the rights to have it in the film. Specific dialogue scenes that later analyzed the lyrics of that song had to be removed from the screenplay.
For his role as Snoop, border collie Messi was awarded the Palm Dog at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
The editor mentioned that the movie was no longer very interesting when Sandra's character was becoming too innocent or too guilty, or too manipulative. The main challenge for the editing was the arc of ambiguity for her character.
The ball bouncing down the stairs at the beginning of the film was difficult to get right. They needed the ball not to bounce too fast and roll out of frame, so they dipped it in a dog-friendly glue to slow the ball down.