The film was actually completed in 1960, and was Jean-Luc Godard's second film after Breathless (1960). It was shelved for three years by the French censors.
This is the first of Godard's movies to star Anna Karina, who became his wife soon after filming. She would go on to become the quintessential Godard actress.
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #1010.
Jean-Luc Godard: appears behind the main character, Bruno Forestier, looking anxiously at his watch in a train station about eight minutes into the film.