 Just as he is about to say goodbye, he is reduced to tears, proving Antoine's theory on the Ch'tis proverb ("A visitor brays [cries] twice up north; once on his arrival and once at his departure").The film received generally positive reviews, with 5 out of 7 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes being positive.The film has grossed US$192,928,551 in the box office in France alone.