Louise Portal complains that she was chosen for her role more for her physical skills than for her ability. In the film, the actress has two nude scenes, including one where she is the object of an attempted rape by thugs and during which the actors are seen explicitly groping her breasts while holding her still. Portal comes out traumatized and she says she has refused for years proposals to star in films in which the directors would have wanted her performing naked scenes.
At the age of 43, Monique Lepage has in this movie her first nude scene in her career, showing her bare breasts and her pubic hair under transparent panties. When movie was released, she said, "If I shot this scene naked, it's because it was simply motivated by the scenario, and I don't think that people who go to the cinema can think for a single moment that I did this with the simple aim of showing myself. It's a wonderful film, and this drama of 'Taureau' loving his mother is something that is very compelling. I've never been ashamed of my body, and I have to say right away that I don't regret doing it."