 The movie is a special television presentation of the play  "Detaljer" as directed by Bille August (qv) at Det Kongelige  Teater in Copenhagen in 2002. Rather than just filming the theatre  performance, as was the norm, August chose to film the TV edition in  proper television studios and with specially made set designs. The  movie was filmed in eight days while the actors were still  performing the play on stage in the evenings.