Charlotte Rampling's character Sarah is named after her sister, who killed herself at age 23. She told The Guardian, "I thought that after such a very long time of not letting her be with me that I would like to bring her back into my life."
Ludivine Sagnier eventually "got used" to seeing her own bikini-clad figure in the poster, which was "on every bus for weeks" in Paris when the film was released. Sagnier however mentioned she had trouble watching herself in the film: "There are many moments where I hide my eyes. All the sexual stuff. I can't stand it".
Charlotte Rampling and Frances Cuka previously appeared together as wives of Henry VIII: Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon respectively, in the movie of the same name.
Location of the villa is 225 chemin Du Paty ,oppede France.
The character Sarah Morton writes her novel in a Samsung portable computer.