Two ends were filmed, one optimistic (the reconciliation between the two cousins, which was discarded, and the other pessimistic (which was finally chosen).
The Cousins (1959) was originally intended to be Claude Chabrol's first film as a director. However, due to its Paris setting, the movie would be more expensive to shoot. Chabrol decided to make Le Beau Serge (1958) first instead since it would be made on a smaller budget, and then make 'Les Cousins' after.
The first film in which actress Stéphane Audran was directed by Claude Chabrol. They were married in 1964 after collaborating on a stage production of "Macbeth". They made at least twenty films together; both of them acted in Orson Welles's film "The Other Side Of The Wind".
The first film that director Claude Chabrol and screenwriter Paul Gégauff would collaborate together on. Gégauff would go on to script over a dozen of Chabrol's films.
Final film of Taty Rocca.