 The film won several awards including the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival's Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and three Golden Starfish Awards at the 17th Hamptons International Film Festival.The film is the official Belgian entry for the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010 in the category Best Foreign Language Film.Another example of a film adaptation of a modern novel is the 2007 movie "Ex Drummer" directed by Koen Mortier that was based on the book by Herman Brusselmans of the same name.