Actress Nur Rossellini accused her colleague Daniel Ezralow of using violence, including carnal violence, on the set. The offending scene is the one in which the male protagonist tries to free himself and take possession of the "witch" Rossellini, embracing and slapping her, attracting and repelling her with force, finally dragging her into a pond. But finally Rossellini recanted by filing a simple labor lawsuit.
Marco Bellocchio asked Béatrice Dalle to attend Massimo Fagioli's seminars so that she would experience the interpenetration of dream and reality that Bellocchio wanted her to portray in this film.