The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in May 2004 . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival , where it received a fifteen-minute standing ovation . It was also shown at the Copenhagen International Film Festival , the Edinburgh Film Festival , the Toronto International Film Festival , the Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema , the Aubagne Film Festival , the Dinard Festival of British Cinema , the Austin Film Festival , the Chicago International Film Festival , the Heartland Film Festival , the Milwaukee International Film Festival , and the Scottsdale Film Festival before going into limited release in the UK and US
Cannes Film Festival
2004 Cannes Film Festival
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