The movie posters seen when the characters go to the theater are for the Matrix and Pickpocket.
The works of several painters are shown in the film, including those of Matisse and Delacroix. Other painters are mentioned in the film, including Raphael, Courot and Picasso.
The film quotes works by several writers, including Balzac, Georges Bataille, André Malraux, Jean-Paul Sartre, Christa Wolf, Chateaubriand and Édouard Peisson.