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When casting Jodie Foster, Jean-Pierre Jeunet met her in Paris at the café which was used to shoot the scenes in Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) which is near where he lives. Some tourists were at the café, knowing it was featured in the film, asked Jeunet and Foster to move out of the way (not recognizing them) so that they could take a photograph of the café.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet met Jodie Foster as she was supervising the dubbed version of Panic Room (2002). The main roles were already taken but Jodie Foster agreed to star in a little role, as Elodie Gordes. She speaks French fluently, so she acted with her own voice.

Tina Lombardi's execution scene is directly inspired by the real film of the last public execution in France, Eugen Weidmann's in 1939.

When Mathilde interviews Tina Lombardi (played by Marion Cotillard) about the murders she committed, Tina responds, "Je ne regrette rien". This is also the title of a famous song by Édith Piaf, who was played by Marion Cotillard in La môme (2007) three years after this film.

Jean-Pierre Jeunet originally wanted to cast Dominique Pinon as Germain Pire the private eye and Ticky Holgado as uncle Sylvain. However, Holgado had been diagnosed with cancer and the studio refused to insure him. Therefore, Jeunet decided to switch the actors and did not regret his decision afterward. As Holgado became more and more ill, he began to have trouble concentrating and remembering his lines. Jeunet prepared a rough cut of the movie for Holgado to see, but Ticky passed on before he could do so.

Disqualified to compete in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival because it was shown outside its country of origin, regardless of the fact that a Paris court ruled that the movie was too American.

At the point where Mathilde is asked either by her uncle or her aunt about the fate of Manech, she responds that he might be held prisoner by the Germans, then he escaped and met a German woman with large breasts. This could either be a reference to La grande illusion (1937) or to La cuisine au beurre (1963).Mmm je dirai La vache et le prisonnier plutôt

A Paris court ruling prevented the movie from receiving State financial aid reserved to French movie production companies because it was produced by a company owned by Warner Bros., hence not a French company.

The mournful tune that Mathilde plays on the tuba is "Aase's Death" from the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg.

CINEMA :Les blessures narcissiques d'une vie par procuration

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Academy Awards, USA 2005

Golden Globes, USA 2005

BAFTA Awards 2005

American Society of Cinematographers, USA 2005

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2005

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2004

César Awards, France 2005

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2005

Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2005

European Film Awards 2005

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Golden Trailer Awards 2005

International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA) 2004

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2004

London Critics Circle Film Awards 2005

Lumiere Awards, France 2005

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA 2005

NRJ Ciné Awards 2005

Online Film & Television Association 2005

Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005

Political Film Society, USA 2005

Satellite Awards 2005

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards 2004

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US 2004

Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2004

Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2005

World Soundtrack Awards 2005

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