Val Kilmer was approached at a film festival in Europe by the producers of this project. They opened a bag of US$50,000 cash and offered it to him if he gave them 1 day of shooting without any lines. He took the job.
None of the characters have a proper name.
One of the reasons Val Kilmer signed on was because he was impressed with the director's vision. Using a highly visual style with minimal dialogue and a fast paced, meticulously composed series of images to tell the story.