Awards: Best screenplay in the Angers first film festival 1995, Audience award for best comedy in the International Film Festival of Québec 1996, Grand Prix of the Comedy Film Festival of Chamrousse 1996, Grand Prix of the Tübingen Festival (Germany 1996, Best director in the Avignon New York film festival 1997, Lead hippocampus in the Biarritz International film Festival 1997.
Selections: Berlin Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, Vienna International Film Festival, London Film Festival, Kiev International film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival.