This film contains non-simulated sexual acts (vaginal penetration, fellatio and ejaculation) between the two main actors, Carole Laure and Lewis Furey. It is a fact that at the beginning of filming Laure was director Gilles Carle's girlfriend. In Carle's previous film, Normande (1975), Laure had a very explicit (probably simulated for its most part) sex scene with her costar Raymond Cloutier but in this film the director wanted there to be no doubt that his girlfriend had actually been penetrated in front of camera by Furey, in honor of art. In Carle's intentions, the sex act between Laure and Furey (who the director thought was gay) was supposed to remain a one-off, but in fact the two actors fell in love during filming, moved in together and later married.
The film had a total budget of $35 000, all of which was obtained by producer Robert Lantos from the Canadian movie exhibitor Famous Players. Nobody who worked on the film was paid up front for their work. Instead, they each owned a piece of any potential profits.
The entire project was filmed at a Quebec farmhouse owned by lead actress Carole Laure. The cast and crew stayed at the house while the film was being shot.