The film stars Edwige Feuillère, Pierre-Michel Beck (as Philippe), Nicole Berger (as Vinca Ferret), Robert Berri and Louis de Funès.

The film was awarded the 1954 Grand Prix du Cinéma Français [fr][1] In the United States it was subject to a series of attempts to prevent its screening.

It received a Class C or "condemned" rating from the Roman Catholic National Legion of Decency.

[4] The film was banned in Massachusetts until a court ruling in July 1955 considering the case of Miss Julie, a 1951 Swedish film, held the state's motion picture censorship law unconstitutional.

[7] The film's distributors sued unsuccessfully in federal court to overturn Chicago's ban.