This movie contains 4 episodes: 1) L'heures bleue; 2) Le garcon de café; 3) Le mendiant, la kleptomane et l'arnaqueuse; 4) La vente du tableau.
Originally Éric Rohmer planned to make an series of films around Reinette and Mirabelle. Poor personal chemistry between the two leading actresses made him decide against it.
Italian censorship visa # 82536 delivered on 15 April 1987.