When the film passed in front of a commission in charge of the protection of children, a representative of the CNC, Alain Lameyre, launches into a moralizing shootout, denouncing an "apology for pedophilia", a trend that the project however never stated. David Kessler, then president of the CNC, disowned his representative. But the damage is done: Barassat must go back to Elisabeth Guigou, then Minister of Labor, to obtain a favorable opinion. Filming can start. The little girl is found, in the person of Ilona Szabo, and it is the brilliant Portuguese filmmaker João Cesar Monteiro who must play the title role. Alas, seriously ill, he retired. Laurent Terzieff, who had agreed to replace him, also withdraws. A few days before the shoot, Barassat meets Freddy Bournane, an actor with a vampire physique. Authorisation. But, in the meantime, the occupational medicine refuses to give its authorization to the other children appearing in the film. Barassat must find boys aged 16. When it finally turns, its treasury is in the red because of the various delays. The assembly will be done with misery. The projected version lasts 48 minutes, it is banned at least 16 years old but is finally broadcast on Arte.