Karel Glastra van Loon wrote the novel in three months. Kees van Beijnum needed six months to finish the screenplay.
Kim van Kooten, Tamar van den Dop, Angela Schijf and Thomas Acda were screened for a lead in this film in the early phase.
In the scene where Armin is sitting alone in a bar, he's reading the book "De Passievrucht" by Karel Glastra van Loon.
The weather forecaster in the scene where Armin is visiting Anke Neerinckx is the Dutch TV weather forecaster Gerrit Hiemstra.