Curiosidades

To add authenticity to the film, all of the actors in roles as caretakers received training from an actual care facility; like how talk to patients, how to pick pick them up using a harness, and how to walk with them.

Director John Ashcroft said the film is ultimately about tyranny and described the story as the rise of a dictator in the least likely of places.

Geoffrey Rush first film in five years.

The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Geoffrey Rush; and one Oscar nominee: John Lithgow.

John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush previously appeared in A Vida e Morte de Peter Sellers (2004).