It was released in France April 30, 2014 after being presented at the closing night of Critics' Week of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in May.

[1] It also screened at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival.

The film was commissioned by the city of Guimarães in Portugal at the time of its designation as European Capital of Culture in 2012.

[2] Jean-Michel Frodon praised Jean-Luc Godard's film, calling it virtuoso and innovative.

[3] Peter Debruge called it "little more than a vanity commission to celebrate the EU selecting Guimaraes, Portugal, as its European Capital of Culture for 2012.