The film was screened at the 46th Venice International Film Festival during September 1989 ( where it won several awards and was nominated for the Golden Lion ) , at the 1990 International Istanbul Film Festival / ( where it also won several awards ) and International Film Festival Rotterdam , at the British Film Institute ’s 1989 BFI London Film Festival , at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 1989 , at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival on 22 February 1992 , and at the 1998 São Paulo International Film Festival . The journalist Daniel Warth has opined that “ although the film is minimalistic , it is nonetheless ravishing . ” The film was released in Israel , where it was released to the general public by ’s and the Tel Aviv Cinematheque on 7 December 1990 ( the film was released on 14 March 1990 in France and on 13 December 1991 in the Neherlands ) , together with '' Esther '' ( 1986 ) as part of a DVD boxset in 2005
42nd
42nd Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin-Jerusalem