* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/RogerVadim.
* RealitySubtext: In the film, Juliette marries Michel, but struggles with - and eventually succumbs to - her attraction to Antoine. In real life, Brigitte Bardot was married to director Roger Vadim, but fell in love with Jean-Louis Trintignant (who played Michel) during filming.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/BrigitteBardot was married to director Roger Vadim during the making of the movie, but ended up leaving him for Trintignant.
* StarMakingRole: Not only for Brigitte Bardot, it was also one for Creator/JeanLouisTrintignant. Though it kind of fell by the wayside, because he went off to the army not too soon after this film and stayed there for 3 years.
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