The film was entered into the Cannes Film Festival in May 1981 . It had a total of 1,197,816 admissions in France , with Blier claiming the poster chosen by the distributor was awkward and discouraged the public from seeing the film . Besse 's parents sued the distributors and producers over the poster , which shows Besse 's breasts , as it was placed on billboards around France without their permission . The judge favoured the producers , saying the film was more revealing than the poster . '' Beau Pere '' was among Blier 's least commercially successful films
Cannes Film Festival
1981 Cannes Film Festival
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