The film received critical acclaim and commercial success . It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival , Best Picture and Best Director at the British Academy Film Awards , Golden Globe Awards , Producers Guild of America Awards , Critics ' Choice Movie Awards , and Independent Spirit Awards , among others . The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards , the most nominations at the 78th Academy Awards , where it won three — Best Director , Best Adapted Screenplay , and Best Original Score — though it lost the Best Picture award to '' Crash '' in a controversial Oscars upset
78th Academy Awards
78th Academy Awards
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