ant ▁: ▁Jud ith ▁R al itzer ▁ ▁Aud rey ▁D ana ▁: ▁H ug u ette ▁ ▁Mich èle ▁Bern ier ▁: ▁Florence ▁ ▁My ri am ▁Bo yer ▁: ▁H ug u ette ' s ▁mother ▁ ▁Z ined ine ▁Sou alem ▁: ▁Comm iss aire ▁L er oux ▁ ▁Public ity ▁During ▁the ▁film ' s ▁production , ▁the ▁press ▁was ▁dup ed ▁into ▁thinking ▁that ▁a ▁new ▁young ▁film maker ▁named ▁Her vé ▁Pic ard ▁was ▁making ▁the ▁project ▁as ▁his ▁debut ▁film . ▁Initial ▁screen ings ▁ran ▁without ▁cred its ▁and ▁perpet u ated ▁the ▁ho ax . ▁It ▁was ▁only ▁on ▁the ▁e ve ▁of ▁its ▁C annes ▁debut ▁that ▁L el ouch ▁took ▁credit ▁for ▁direct ing ▁the ▁film , ▁and ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁Pic ard ▁was ▁merely ▁his ▁tennis ▁coach . ▁Having ▁suffered ▁bad ▁reviews ▁on ▁a ▁few ▁films ▁released ▁previous ▁to ▁this , ▁L el ouch ▁wanted ▁to ▁see ▁if ▁his ▁film ▁would ▁get ▁a ▁more ▁positive ▁gre eting ▁from ▁critics ▁if ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁think ▁he ▁had ▁made ▁it . ▁The ▁de ception ▁also ▁mirror ed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁key ▁story ▁hook s , ▁which ▁involved ▁one ▁person ▁taking ▁public ▁credit ▁for ▁another ' s ▁writing , ▁under ▁the ▁belief ▁the ▁actual ▁cre ator ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁as ▁well ▁received . ▁Crit ics ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁Henri - Ge org es ▁Cl ou z ot ▁film ▁Qu ai ▁des