[2] Paulette is a widowed mother who feels guilty after unfairly punishing her daughter Linda for losing her engagement ring, even though it was just her cat swallowing it.

While making the drive to Astrid's house, she is stopped by the police who perform a search and seizure on the car, which leads to them accidentally opening the trunk causing the chicken to escape.

Linda heads downstairs to her friends Carmen and Annette, whom provide the peppers and additional assistance in trying to kill the chicken.

Serge decides to quit his job as a police officer and shows a romance with Astrid, while Jean-Michel and Paulette begin a relationship as well.

"[6] Peter Debruge of Variety wrote that "Malta and Laudenbach have crafted an entertaining, kid-friendly toon whose power lies less in its plot than the surprising insights into human behavior revealed along the way.

It's all the more impressive that animation (as opposed to live action) succeeds in capturing the kind of gestures and details that should seem familiar to any child, from the distorted blur of street lights observed from the back seat to a lesson Linda's aunt gives in shelling peas.

There's a pleasing textured quality to the drawing style; we can see the brushstrokes in Margaux Duseigneur's handsome backdrops, giving a sense of movement, of vitality, even when the characters themselves are static.