Critical favourites included '' No Country for Old Men '' , '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly '' and '' 4 Months , 3 Weeks and 2 Days '' which were equally well received at the Cannes Film Festival , plus the Joy Division biopic '' Control '' which , along with the eponymously titled documentary on the band , '' Joy Division '' , was picked up by The Weinstein Company . Peter Howell of the Toronto Star named Sidney Lumet 's '' Before the Devil Knows You 're Dead '' a major Oscar contender . The audience favourite , David Cronenberg 's '' Eastern Promises '' , won the top prize at the festival . The New York Times pointed out that two previous winners had gone on to win Best Picture Oscars
Cannes Film Festival
2007 Cannes Film Festival
2007 Toronto International Film Festival