Trivia

Katia Wastchenko was attached to the project after Catherine Binet met her mother, Belgian poet and biographical writer Françoise Lalande, at a conference in Brussels; she saw a resemblance between the girl and Sanda. Lalande describes the filmmaker as "a difficult woman, but a true artist", whose approach on set was "obsessive, demanding, attentive to every detail". Nonetheless, Wastchenko remembers the making of the film as "an enjoyable experience", and describes Binet and the rest of the crew as "very kind". Although she had not read 'Sombre Printemps' and was, at the age of 12, "too young to be curious or interested about Unica Zürn's life", Wastchenko recalls that Binet "took the time to explain to her the context of the most 'sensual' scenes", and helped her to approach the role by confiding some of her own childhood memories.

Final film of France Valéry.