Some scenes were taken from director Ulf Malmros' own youth, like one where Erik decides to move to Stockholm because the film company forgot to send the last reel of Pulp Fiction (1994) to the local theatre. In real life it was E.T. - Der Außerirdische (1982) and the projectionist came down and told the ending of the movie.
Takes place in Värmland County, where a certain dialect is spoken, but filmed in Dalsland County.
The song "Newfound Lover" that plays in the store scene is sung by none other than Tuva Novotny herself.
Björn A. Ling and Johan Östling also starred together in Mammas pojkar (2012) and Ack Värmland (2015).