Approximately 85 minutes long, containing all explicit scenes. The International/US Version:
The most romantic storyline in French families? The couple in their 80s who still bicker over politics, still kiss on the mouth at the market, and still say "Va te faire voir" (go get lost) with the same fire as their first fight. Romance isn't about perfection. It's about showing up — for 50 years of Sunday lunches, silent car rides, and one unforgettable summer in Provence.
: Rather than focusing on conflict, the film portrays a family that is generally "sexually fulfilled," using Romain’s initial frustration as a foil to the satisfied states of his relatives. Romantic Plotlines Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)
The key takeaway is that French family chronicles reject the "dysfunctional family" trope as Americans know it. In France, the family is not broken; it is exactly as designed —a chaotic system of checks and balances where no one ever truly leaves. Even when a protagonist moves to a garret in Montmartre, they are one phone call away from a Sunday lunch that lasts six hours and dissects every failure of their current affair.
Due to its explicit nature and unsimulated sequences, the film is strictly for adult audiences and remains one of the more controversial entries in 21st-century French cinema.