Les valseuses

In an interview, director Bertrand Blier explained that he had to cut the intended ending in order to allow screenings in the United States: a final car crash that kills the three main characters (Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou and Patrick Dewaere).

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The original French title is slang for "balls" (a type of testicle).

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The scene in which Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou are together in bed was considered shocking for 1974 audiences. Only a few years later, in 1900 (1976), Depardieu would star alongside Robert De Niro and Stefania Casini in a similar scene.

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In an interview, Miou-Miou said she kept "a very strong, very collective memory of Patrick Dewaere and Gérard Depardieu" from this film. "Sometimes we were asked to do things that weren't difficult for us but were a bit complicated to carry out. I was starting to get a little tired of pulling my panties down and my apron up. The three of us loved each other very much. We were like a puppy."

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Regarding the scene on the train, Brigitte Fossey said, "I had to breastfeed a child but I had no milk. So I put honey on my breasts and the baby saw nothing but fire."

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Isabelle Huppert was 21 years old when she made this film, although her character Jacqueline is said to be 16.

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Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere also appeared in Bertrand Blier's Oscar-winning Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978).

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The car seen at the beginning of the film, driven by Claude Vergnes, is a 1974 Citroën DS 23. Just under one and a half million were produced in various versions between 1955 and 1975.

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Italian censorship visa # 64975 was issued on 28 August 1974.

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Italian censorship visa # 69647 was issued on 9 June 1977 (new release).

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The film's cast includes two Oscar nominees: Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert.

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