Second time that Paul Schrader has adapted one of Russell Banks' novels for the screen, following Affliction (1997).
Selected to screen in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024. This is the third time that Paul Schrader has had a film in competition at Cannes as a director, following Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) and Patty Hearst (1988).
Second collaboration between actor Richard Gere and writer-director Paul Schrader, following American Gigolo (1980).
Paul Schrader decided to make the film after hearing that Russell Banks was sick. Banks eventually died of cancer in January 2023.
Author Russell Banks personally asked Paul Schrader to name the film "Oh, Canada", as it was the original title for the novel "Foregone", the basis for the film, before it changed due to a similarly titled book already published at the time.