Trivia

In reference to the scene where Carole Laure undresses in front of the kid, Bertrand Blier said: "We were shooting take after take without ever being satisfied. We had the impression that the scene was obscene, vulgar. Everyone was unhappy, from the actors to the stagehands. And then suddenly, on the ninth take, the miracle: a collective relief, the certainty that this time 'it would work'. It was this take that was obviously chosen and it is true that it has a certain grace..."

In a 1979 episode of Sneak Previews, Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel praised the film, calling it "an offbeat, sometimes very serious comedy" that is "always surprising," going on to say that "`Get Out Your Handkerchiefs' is about a man - albeit a very young and small one - who really respects a woman, and that's a refreshing emotion to see, as is the whole movie [...]". In a huge disagreement, co-host and Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert opened his rebuttal by saying, "In other words I take it you liked this film." Ebert quickly followed by saying it was one of the worst films he had ever seen ("I thought it was decadent, depraved, dumb, stupid, the characters were unattractive..."). His final word on the film, in a line similar to one later made famous in his scathing print review of the 1996 ensemble mob comedy "Mad Dog Time," was "I think it should be cut up to make ukulele picks."

France's official submission to the 1979's Oscars as Best Foreign Language Film.

Both men, and one boy, who are Solange's lovers in this film wear the same cable knit turtleneck sweater. Director Bertrand Blier obviously meant this to be symbolic.

Throughout the film Stéphane - played by Patrick Dewaere - mentions that he's a big fan of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and even points out, with sadness, that Mozart died at age 35. Dewaere also died at 35 a few years after the film's release.