Trivia

Sergio Castellitto dubbed himself in the french version, while Jeanne Balibar dubbed herself in the italian's.

There are important contradictions between the french and the italian version about the two languages spoken in the movie. The original french version is totally spoken in french, except for the following italian speaking scenes:

• just one dialogue between Jeanne Balibar and Sergio Castellitto (who dubbed himself in this version);
• all the scenes concerning the italian play which the main characters act in.

In the italian version:

• the dialogues involving only french actors are not dubbed and are subtitled in italian;
• in the scenes involving Sergio Castellitto and the french cast, all the french actors are dubbed in italian with a french accent;
• all the dialogues between Jeanne Balibar (who dubbed herself in this version) and Sergio Castellitto are in italian.

All that it goes with it is that Sergio Castellitto in the original version is clearly fluent in french, while in the italian's he's not able to speak this language, because all the french characters seems to have the courtesy to speak italian with him.