Grémillon rejected what he referred to as “mechanical naturalism” in favor of “the discovery of that subtlety which the human eye does not perceive directly but which must be shown by establishing the harmonies, the unknown relations, between objects and beings; it is a vivifying, inexhaustible source of images that strike our imaginations and enchant our hearts.”

Isto chega para me deixar a curiosidade extremamente aguçada em relação a Jean Grémillon. Como diz um monsieur ou uma madame nos comentários do youtube: "Magnifique séquence que ce bal et le point de vue en plongée sur la piste de danse de l'accodéoniste avec son visage crispé..."