The screenplay by Mattotti, Jean-Luc Fromental and Thomas Bidegain is based on the 1945 Italian children's book The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati.

Babbon befriends the human magician The film is produced by the French company Prima Linea Productions.

[6] It received 375,000 euros from the Ile-de-France region's Support Fund for Film and Audiovisual Technical Industries.

Mattotti's ambition was to create a timeless visual style so that people who view the film in the future will not be able to see when it was made.

[10] Oneofus.net called the movie an "charming experience" and "refreshingly different" giving the adults a strong recommendation to take children see it.