Born in 1946, Yann Dedet had 6 years of on-the-job training in film editing. Since 1971, he has edited films by French major directors, from François Truffaut to Jean-François Stévenin, Maurice Pialat, Claire Denis Philippe Garrel, Laurence Ferreira-Barbosa, Cédric Kahn, Sébastien Lifschitz. He has also directed one film for television, two shorts, and written four screenplays. This film marks his feature film directing debut.