The film is the only title with a CEE production credit in the main lineup in a year that will see very few titles from the region making the trek to the Lido. Okko Film based at Barrandov Studios is one of the top Czech studios for French producers. Okko has provided services or coproduced a steady stream of French productions over the past few years.
Améris shot the entire film in the Czech Republic over 49 shooting days, spending almost half of the CZK 105.3 m CZK budget in the country..
A French team of 16 was assisted by a Czech crew of over 100 film professionals during the shoot. Czech crews built a castle interior set on Barrandov sound stages where interiors were shot. The film shot on location in Chotěšov, Milovice, Mimoň and Prague.