Though the film stands on its own it was made as a companion piece to the documentary Mur Murs in which Varda filmed mural art around L.A. and interviewed the artists who had made the pieces.

A Frenchwoman, Emilie (Sabine Mamou) slowly puts her life together after the breakup of her partner, finding a home for herself and her son and adjusting to life as a single mother.

Though they originally intended to have her employer reading the narration they ask Emilie to do it instead.

The film played a handful of festivals upon its release in 1981.

In August 2015 home distribution company The Criterion Collection remastered and released the film on DVD packaged with Mur Murs and other films that Varda had made while living in California under a box set called Agnès Varda in California.