There were many arguments during the shooting between Jean Yanne the director and Coluche, who was difficult to handle, due to a severe depression and addiction to alcohol and drug abuse.
According to Valérie Mairesse, she had shot a long scene opposing Jean Yanne which finally had to be cut because the film would have been considered too long. Her actual screen presence reduced to a few seconds was none the less credited as "with the friendly participation of".