In a 1962 interview, Varda spoke of two present themes in the film with "the first being a couple reconsidering their relationship and a village that is trying to resolve several collective problems of survival".
在1962年的访問中，瓦尔达談及電影的两个主题：「其一是夫妇重新考虑兩人关系，其二是為求眾人生存，而试图解决问题的村莊。