It also refers to the shaving (or not) of pubic hair, a subtle joke in French alluding to the subject matter of the film.

[2][3] French Twist was selected as France's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

[4][5] Laurent (Alain Chabat) and Loli (Victoria Abril) are a thirty-ish married couple living in southern France with their young children.

Antoine then suggests that Laurent let Loli have her way, cease all hostility, and wait for the affair to burn out.

She will break up with Loli and leave immediately, if Laurent will give her something she has wanted for years: a baby.

Then Loli hears from a mutual acquaintance that Marie-Jo is living in Paris and is several months pregnant.

As Laurent goes to buy a bigger a house, he finds the seller, a handsome Spaniard (Miguel Bosé), in his swimming pool.

Josiane Balasko called making a film involving lesbianism "a difficult challenge, since all I had as references on the subject were movies made mostly by men about men; male homosexuality has been shown on the screen thoroughly, unlike lesbianism, which has been kept silent and taboo.