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This is the last film of Claude Chabrol's 'Hélène cycle', in which actress Stéphane Audran starred, playing characters called Hélène in La femme infidèle (1969), Le boucher (1970), and La rupture (1970). The only film in the cycle which Audran didn't star in was Que la bête meure (1969), the role of a character called Hélène was instead played by Caroline Cellier.

The house and garden of the couple in the film, Charles and Hélène Masson - played by Michel Bouquet and Stéphane Audran - were designed and built by the architect Jack Hamoniau.