French visa # 60360 delivered on 26-2-1986..
The painting "Nus aux chaussures bleues" hanging in Etienne Sembadel's home is by Marie-Antoinette Chalus, also entitled "Les chaussures bleues", and is mentioned in the end credits.
César (sculptor), not credited in the credits, appears in the background of a scene in which Renata, played by Milva, asks the hotel receptionist to call Gallimard.
A character named "vicomte Raoul d'Homécourt de la Vibraye" already appears in "Le Sucre", played by Gérard Depardieu, inspired by the life of a company director, Roland Gadala, who made the fortune of the captain of industry, François Pinault.