the film was slated to be released two months before the first round of the 2017 presidential elections in france and directly targets the national front. the character of catherine jacob is said to strongly resemble marine le pen and members of the political party saw the film as an affront. steeve briois, the fn mayor of hénin-beaumont, tweeted: "poor marine le pen, which is caricatured by this tobacco pot of catherine jacob. a damn turnip in perspective!" florian philippot, another member of the fn declared: "according to the trailer that i saw [...], it looks like a nice turnip, but, beyond the quality of the film, i find it really scandalous that in the countryside presidential election, i believe precisely to two months of the vote, we allow in french screening rooms a film that is clearly anti-national front. [...] it disturbs me on behalf of catherine jacob. i was a fan of catherine jacob. there, i love her very much, but for me she is spoiled. why? for some money, for a césar, for a little chocolate medal that will be given, for service rendered to the system ?"