It premiered in competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize . It was distributed in France by Wild Bunch and in the US by Kino Lorber , and won Best Picture at the 2014 National Society of Film Critics Awards . It received a generally positive reception and was listed as one of the best films of the year on several critics lists . In particular , praise went to its visual style , while criticism was levied at the plot , which some deemed " incomprehensible " . Many critics have attempted to analyze the film 's themes and its use of 3D
2014 Cannes Film Festival
2014 Cannes Film Festival
Goodbye to Language