Anecdotes

The house in which the majority of the events take place, in Magog, burned down in 1989, was later rebuilt. The scene in which one of the women characters is having sex, seen through a window from outside, was actually shot through a garage window. The actress was sitting on the snow tires which the owner of the house stored in the garage. She told him that, thanks to the tires, it was one of the most comfortable scenes she had ever done.

The first ever Canadian film to be nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

Received a 20 minute standing ovation when it premiered at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.

Denys Arcand wrote the screenplay under the working title of "Conversations Scabreuses".

A huge success in Canada and France, the film ultimately ended up grossing $30 million.