 The film was one of 16 out of 983 submissions to be selected for screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.Khabbaz was awarded Best Actor in a Feature at the 8th Annual "Rotterdam Film Festival" for the role.Alain Spira wrote in Paris Match on May 5, 2008 that Georges Khabbaz the star in his country is "literally Al Pacinesque."