'Invisibles' trivia and fun facts
A sunny comedy
Despite the fact that 'Invisibles' talks about a very urgent social theme, the director decided to include a lot of sunny shots in the film with the intention to bring hope and in reference to other social comedies like 'My Beautiful Laundrette'
Based on a novel
The film is an adaptation from Claire Lajeunie's book 'Sur la route des invisibles, femmes dans la rue'.
To the North
'Invisibles' was shot in the North region of France, which is caracteristic for the accent of their people. In words of the director this region is an "inexhaustible mine of extras".
Homeless
Half of the cast is formed by non professional actresses that were homeless in the past.
An improvised surprise
Louis-Julien Petit surprised his actresses by asking them to forget the script and to start to improvise their lines. Audrey Lamy, who had studied the script to perfection with a coach, felt disoriented in a lot of parts of the filming by this reason.