 After securing additional financing from Eurimages and ARTE , Tarr used these and the Hungarian funds to undertake nine days of shooting on sets he had built at a cost of € 2 million . The French funding was cross @-@ financed for the shoot by T. T. Filmműhely . As funds were frozen however , the Corsican subcontractor Tanit Films ( controlled by the film 's then @-@ executive producer Jean @-@ Patrick Costantini ) , terminated their contract with Balsan and through legal action compelled the production to dismantle the sets and leave the shooting location . At that point , Ognon Pictures shut the production down and disassociated themselves from the film , and Tarr withdrew to Hungary to regroup . 
