The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control Trivia

Isaach De Bankolé exchanges matchboxes throughout the film with 'Le Boxeur' (The Boxer) written on them, the name of his character in his other film White Material (2009).
When Tilda Swinton talks about a swooping bird in a room full of sand she is referring to a scene in the Andrey Tarkovskiy film Stalker.
The Finnish film Guitar refers to is La vie de bohème (1992) by director Aki Kaurismäki, a friend of Jim Jarmusch.