When Emelia (Jessica Brown Findlay) goes to purchase liquor, the store clerk asked for proof that she was 18. Emelia merely showed her breasts and exclaimed: "There. Are these not the breasts of an 18 year old?" Findlay was 22 when she acted in this film.
Shot entirely on the Isle of Man.
Tamzin Rafn based her screenplay on her experiences as a precocious teenager growing up in the small seaside town of Worthing.
Jessica Brown Findlay was in the process of auditioning for Tim Burton's Alice au pays des merveilles (2010) when the script for Albatros (2011) came her way and she instantly knew which film she'd rather make.