 Boris Kaufman was interested in Vigo's idea about making a film on the city of Nice, and the two, together with their wives, created a script.Vigo saved ends of film from his work and the filming was underway by year's end.In the film, Vigo wanted to avoid a travelogue approach and show the boredom of the upper class in the casinos and at the shore, and the struggle of the poor inhabitants in the slums.