In order to keep with the spirit of the French New Wave, the young French actors are all newcomers. For example, while he plays the key part of Jean-Luc Godard, it's the first feature film of Guillaume Marbeck.
Young French actor and director Timothée Vaganay revealed that he auditioned for the role of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo but wasn't selected.
Third film directed by Richard Linklater to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, following Fast Food Nation (2006) and A Scanner Darkly (2006).
Netflix acquired the rights to release it in the United States for $4 million, a record domestic outlay for a French-language film.