Valeria Bruni Tedeschi worked in a closed space with a more fixed camera than in her other films. She lets the characters come in and out in the field without pursuing them.
The writing of the script and editing was difficult for Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Agnès de Sacy and Noémie Lvovsky, the trio taking two years to complete it.
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's appearance in the film among the jury members is meant to give a documentary touch to the film.
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