Presented on French television in a 6 hours version quite clearer then the shortened American release. Richard Bohringer and Fanny Ardant's characters, for example, are better developed.
The 1983 Vestron Video release deletes scenes that were even approved for the small-scale American release, including Richard Bohringer's boxing match, a scene on the train-ride with Evelyn Bouix, Robert Hossein, Jacques Villeret and Francis Huster...among others The Image DVD release restores these scenes. However, the 6-hour miniseries awaits a DVD release.