The film includes a couple of in-jokes as well : the young woman selling Cahiers du Cin�ma on the street ( Godard had written for the magazine ) , and Michel 's occasional alias of L�szl� Kov�cs , the Hungarian-American cinematographer who would later become known for Five Easy Pieces and other films .
Laszlo Kovacs is the name of Belmondo 's character in the 1959 movie Web of Passion .