'Vermin' trivia and fun facts
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.
First feature of Vanicek
First feature film for director Sébastien Vanicek, who had directed a few shorts before.
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.