The Fields Medal, noted as having been won by Elizabeth's husband, is a medal given to a mathematician under 40 who has made a major contribution to the study of Mathematics. Fields Medals are awarded every four years to up to four mathematicians.
Staff members of the Lille Hospital appear as themselves.
The movie that Faunia watches while bored a few evenings before Christmas, is Funny Face (1957). And on Christmas Eve the whole family watches The Ten Commandments (1956).
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #492.