"A big screen on the beach for free. And it was a rainy day. And they warned me, probably we will have 50 people, no more... It was packed. They refused 200 people. And everybody [had seen] the film before. It wasn't new for them."
"However, he adds, being rejected by Cannes actually worked to the film's advantage, 'because it was such a big controversy in France, it was big advertising for us.' That initial notoriety was karmically redeemed by the film's international success, earning almost $175 million at the box office and receiving five Oscar nominations."
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