Ursula Meier has been searching for location for nearly one year, even in Canada. Eventually she found a lost part of a highway in Bulgaria. The house in which the movie plays, was built alongside the highway especially for filming. There were up to 300 drivers "playing" the fast moving cars - all were inhabitants of a nearby village. On days without shooting the drivers came visiting the location with their whole families.
The film was the official Swiss submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.
Isabelle Huppert is the only lead actor in the film who isn't nude.