 The film premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize as well as 3 smaller awards.The film also played at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival and San Sebastián International Film Festival.Although co-produced by an American and French film company and shot in English and partly in the United States, the film has been little seen outside of Europe, and does not have a Region 1 DVD release.