According to the director, the final dinner scene was completely improvised.
Sandrine Bonnaire, who was 15 at the time of filming, has several nude and love scenes. The actress says that her personal story at that time is linked to that of Suzanne, the character she played. In fact, during the filming, Bonnaire, who was still a virgin, felt in love with her colleague Tom Stevens, who played the American in the film. It is with Tom that Sandrine has sex for the first time, but she doesn't have a great memory of it: "We smooched a bit, then everything happened very quickly, too quickly".
Film debut of Sandrine Bonnaire. Her two film appearances prior to this film were two uncredited roles.
Casting director Dominique Besnehard initially suggested Robin Renucci to play the role of Robert, before director Maurice Pialat asked Besnehard to play the role himself.
Sandrine Bonnaire initially applied to be an extra for director Maurice Pialat's film project "Meurtrières". After that project fell apart however (it was eventually made after the director's death as Murderers (2006)), Pialat offered her the lead role here.