The film was entered into the Cannes Film Festival and screened on 17 May 1992 , where it received a standing ovation . At Cannes , Lauzon supposedly told juror Jamie Lee Curtis he wanted to have sex with her , which '' Los Angeles Times '' writer Kenneth Turan believed compromised the film 's prospects of winning the Palme d'Or . It was screened at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival in September 1992 , distributed by Fine Line Features . The film opened in Quebec in June , and in the U.S. in February 1993 . It had a release in 70 countries in total
Cannes Film Festival
1992 Cannes Film Festival
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