Adapted from Christine Angot's eponymous novel, the film is co-written by Catherine Corsini and Laurette Polmanss.
Director Catherine Corsini took a look at Christine Angot's novel on the advice of her producer Elisabeth Perez. If the work touched her, she feared that it was unadaptable.
The director feared that Niels Schneider was too young to be Philippe (10 years apart from Virginie Efira). But the Franco-Canadian actor wanted to do some tests.
Filming takes place in spring 2017, in Châteauroux, Champagne-Ardenne, Nice, Imperia and Paris.
Christine Angot was able to consult the script and comment on it with Catherine Corsini and Laurette Polmanss.