The film was rejected for UK cinema in 1976 by the BBFC. It was eventually passed fully uncut for video in 1993.
Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) was the first film directed by Serge Gainsbourg. Jane Birkin was his partner at that time. It includes elements of symbolism recurrent in Gainsbourg's work: passion to the death and uncensored eroticism. Gérard Depardieu has a few short appearances, playing a passing cynical gay local.