It is loosely based upon my experience as a clerk in a pool shop on the south shore of Montreal right after graduating from film school. I received my diploma and the next weekend, I was testing people’s pool water without knowing what the hell I was doing there. I worked there for a grand total of three weekends. While I was there, some of my friends from my class had their student film get into Sundance. So that was challenging!

I self-financed the film with some money I earned doing TV stuff here in Quebec. I contacted my ex-boss from the pool shop and they agreed to let us shoot there for three nights. For the lead role, I went with one of my best friends who happens to be one of my favorite actors in Quebec, Louis Carrière. He had already played some version of ‘me’ from my past in a comedy short series about a camp counselor we had done a couple of years before. In a way, it was a natural continuation of the same role.