The first-person voice-over heard throughout the film was written after principal photography was finished. Writer and director Gaspar Noé said, he was mostly drunk, when he wrote it, because he wanted to be as close as possible to the mind-set of the main character. Noé also told audiences, that the rage and frustration articulated in the voice-over was inspired by the near-poverty he experienced during the production of this self-financed debut feature.
Gaspar Noé has stated that many on the French far right originally championed the film because of the anti-immigrant views expressed by the protagonist. This support later dissipated when it became well known that Noe himself is an immigrant to France.
Final film of Arlette Balkis .
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