In the sequence where the whole family eats the pasta, Lino Ventura actually cooked it. He was a great cook. And during the shooting of all these takes, Francis Perrin ate seven plates - one for each take. And at lunch time, Lino Ventura suggested Perrin to take him out to have lunch together.
Lino Ventura, middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling European champion in 1950, missed the fake slap. Isabelle Adjani received a real blow that nearly knocked her out. Lino Ventura apologized to the young woman.