Movies dealing with social subjects in France become very paternalist. They want to teach lessons. They don't show poorness like a normal situation.

Being poor is a normal thing.

Hallucinations are an inner experience in which most of the time you forget you're there.

The negative has to be done on an A and B [roll] so you don't see the cuts, the splices on the frameline.

I know that sometimes in my own life I really felt like killing people.

If someone disturbs you... they didn't kill you, but you really feel like "I wish this guy was dead"... you know that you will not kill him yourself, but if he gets struck by a truck or by a train, you would really be happy.

That's why workers in France like horsemeat, because it's like a male thing that makes you strong. Cow meat is a much more female meat.