Aïcha Hallie who plays Zoey is daughter of Gilbert Hallie who plays Jean. Both have no prior acting experience.
Meriyem Manders who plays Diane van Someren was not attached to the project up until rewrites occurred after principal photography.
All was shot entirely hand-held using combinations of multi-camera and Steadicam set-ups.
Cast consists of two 'gouden kalf' winners.
Peter Faber improvised and came up with most of his lines while reading the script.