Pierre Daniel (II) (qv) who found the reels in a trunk. It  was then shown at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival (section Semaine de  la Critique). After that, the film was lost in nature for another 30  years, then was rediscovered again in 2001 by the original director  and cinematographer Josée Manenti (qv). The film has its first  French national release in 2004.