Among mainstream critics in the U.S. , the film received mostly positive reviews . Rotten Tomatoes reported that 79 % of 19 sampled critics gave the film a positive review , with an average score of 6.6 out of 10 . At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average out of 100 to critics ' reviews , the film received a score of 75 based on 15 reviews . The film was entered into the Toronto and Cannes film festivals and received a nomination for the Peace Award from the Political Film Society
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2000 Cannes Film Festival
Kippur