At the same time that the picture was winning an international critics ' prize at the Cannes Film Festival ( where it was shown outside the main competition ) , Universal , the studio that financed it ( through its recently acquired indie wing , October ) , unloaded it in a panic--largely because its new owners , the Bronfmans of Seagram , feared being associated with a movie that featured a pedophile .
The film was paid for by Universal and won an award at a film festival .