This film marks the second collaboration between screenwriters Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, having collaborated in the screenplay for The Sleepwalker. The difference between this two collaborations is that Fastvold directed The Sleepwalker and Corbet directed this one.
For the final shot of the film, the camera was given to the crowd and (safely) thrown around between the many extras.
Juliette Binoche was cast in the lead role, however, she later dropped out in favor of other projects and Bérénice Bejo replaced her.
The long shot towards the end of the advisers and counselors signing the papers took 8 takes, and 18 people to operate the camera and crane.