'Vermin' trivia and fun facts

First feature of Vanicek

First feature film for director Sébastien Vanicek, who had directed a few shorts before.

Authentic buildings

The visually striking buildings where the action is set have not been created for the movie; these are the Picasso arenas in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris, designed by architect Manuel Núñez Yanowsky in the 80s.

Filming dates

The movie was shot in the Seine-Saint-Denis département, next to Paris, from January to early March 2022.

Reference to racism in France

Writer/director Sébastien Vanicek was looking for ideas around the discrimination faced by black and Arab-looking people in France, and that led him to spiders, which are rarely welcome in homes; whenever they're spotted, they're swatted. As everyone in the story (people and spiders) is treated like vermin by society, the title came to him naturally.