Trivia

The scene where Seydou tries to drive through Dakar during prayer time was the hardest to shoot, taking three months of negotiations to get the approvals and authorizations.

A novelization of the film, titled "Le Voyage de Yao" (Yao's Journey), was written by Véronique Tadjo and released two weeks before the film, on January 10, 2019.

Newcomer Lionel Louis Basse was cast from among some 600 young Senegalese hopefuls who auditioned.