The sixth collaboration between Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe as director and actor, respectively. The earlier five are New Rose Hotel (1998), Go Go Tales (2007), 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011), Pasolini (2014), and Tommaso (2019). In addition to these movies, they acted together in the experimental film Sculpt (2016).
One of two films from 2019 in which Willem Dafoe rides a dog sled in an arctic landscape. The other is Togo (2019).
Guy Lodge of Variety called it a "beautiful, unhinged, sometimes hilarious trek into geographical and psychological wilderness that will delight some and mystify many others".
The film features director Abel Ferrara's wife, Cristina Chiriac, and daughter, Anna Ferrara, who plays Clint's son.
It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it premiered on 24 February 2020.