The film had it world premiere on August 10, 1987 at the Locarno Film Festival. It was also featured in the 1987 Festival of Festivals (now the Toronto International Film Festival) at the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto. The film was shown during the closing night of the festival in the Perspective Canada Section, alongside Jacqueline Levitin's Eva: Guerrillera (1988), and John N. Smith's National Film Board of Canada production Train of Dreams (1987). The film received mostly favorable views from the festival goers and was considered a critical success.
