The second of Bruno Dumont's films to employ some professional actors rather than only amateurs after Camille Claudel (2013), which already starred Juliette Binoche.
The French film magazine 'Cahiers du cinéma' named La alta sociedad (2016) the 5th best film of 2016.
Fabien Nataf, who was not familiar with director Bruno Dumont's prior work or his methods, first turned the film down and after being convinced by Dumont, still did not enjoy his experience on the film at all, which he chronicled in his book "Comédie française: Ça a débuté comme ça".