She later recalled that the director made it without a script: I didn't speak very good French then, and I never understood much of what was going on. The only people who really dug that movie, for some reason, were junkies. They used to come up to me and give me a big wink. But I'm awfully glad I did it because it got me into France and I met [later husband Roger] Vadim. Fonda wound up marrying Vadim and living in France for several years. The "Los Angeles Times" called it "an oddball thriller".