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1	* ActorAllusion:
2	** Like in ''Film/TheYoungGirlsOfRochefort'' (and other films), Creator/CatherineDeneuve's character's mother is played by Creator/DanielleDarrieux.
3	** Suzon being the child of Gaby's first love instead of Marcel brings to mind ''Film/TheUmbrellasOfCherbourg'', where Catherine Deneuve's character becomes pregnant by her boyfriend just before he goes off to war and she marries a different man.
4	** It is not the first time that Creator/CatherineDeneuve and Creator/FannyArdant shared a common love. They were both partners of Creator/FrancoisTruffaut. This likely counts as a peculiar kind of homage from François Ozon to the legendary director.
5	** When Pierrette says post-makeover Augustine looks like "the lady of the camellias", it's a reference to Creator/IsabelleHuppert (Augustine) [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_the_Camellias_(1981_film) starring in an adaptation]] of that book.
6	** Louise's picture of a previous employer is significant because it's Creator/RomySchneider, a famous actress who inspired Creator/EmmanuelleBeart to go into acting.
7	** The portrait of a younger Gaby evokes the posters for ''Film/BelleDeJour'', another key film in Deneuve's career.
8	* AllStarCast:
9	** Mainly from a French perspective, but nearly all the actresses are big figures in their country's cinema industry and they were no strangers to international productions either.
10	** For the German dub they decided to have eight popular national actresses voice the characters instead of going for dedicated voice actors. So, the German dub also functions as a star-studded cast for German audiences.
11	* DawsonCasting: 21-year-old Creator/LudivineSagnier as 16-year-old Catherine.
12	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
13	** Ozon originally wanted to use [[AnimalMotifs birds]] instead of flowers to symbolize the eight women. Louise's was apparently the turkey (he may have been joking).
14	** The film originally started with Chanel and Louise having a conversation in the kitchen, much like the play. Ozon cut it in favor of starting with Suzon's arrival because he felt the scene was too explanatory and revealed too much of Louise's personality too soon.
15	** Emmanuelle Beart was originally tapped to play Pierrette until Fanny Ardant came in. She ended up playing Louise, which didn't impress Beart as she didn't find the character as interesting as the others, until Ozon tweaked her a bit.
16	** The film was initially conceived as a remake of ''Theatre/TheWomen'', but Ozon couldn't secure the rights to it.

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