The last instalment of a trilogy written and directed by Cédric Klapisch, which follows the journey of Xavier from student to family man. The first chapter is the movie "L'auberge espagnole", released in 2002, and the second chapter is "Les poupées russes", released in 2005.
Asked about her nude and sex scenes, Flore Bonaventura said, "It's never easy to shoot naked, but as Cecile said to me to make me feel comfortable: 'tell yourself that your skin is your costume'. I think that when you are an actress, it is a gift of oneself and that sometimes passes by nudity. But for me, who is rather modest, to find myself naked, in front of 20 people, running on a roof was quite a challenge. But Cécile said to me: 'Look, it's great, we're in Manhattan, naked, the weather's nice, you're in a Klapish movie, everything's fine!' It really helped me relax! And as for kissing her... we took it as a joke, and then... Cécile de France... there are worse things, aren't there?"
When interviewed by the "Immigration guy", Xavier restates his question to Nancy, his wife: "The officer is asking, if I seduced you on purpose. If I am a professional liar.". This is a nod to Romain Duris's role in Heartbreaker (2010).
For his first days in NYC, Xavier sleeps on the couch at Isabelle and Ju's flat. In the morning, Isabelle and Ju are having breakfast next to the couch and Isabelle tells him: "Sorry. It was hard not to wake you.", to which Xavier answers: "That's okay.". This mirrors a similar scene in The Spanish Apartment (2002), that takes place 13 years before, when Xavier just arrived in Barcelona. Xavier is then sleeping on the couch at Jean-Michel and Anne-Sophie's flat. He is awakened by them having breakfast, and Jean-Michel apologizes: "Sorry, we tried not to wake you, but..." and Xavier replies: "Yeah, yeah, no, no... No problem."
Final film of Anna Berger.