Critical Acclaim
The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film has twice been voted the greatest Canadian film ever in the Sight & Sound poll, which is conducted once each decade. It has been voted TIFF List of Canada's Top Ten Films of All Time 3 out of 3 times.
This film has been designated and preserved as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada’s audio-visual heritage.
On July 8, 2008, The Criterion Collection released a special 2-disc collector's edition of the film.
On December 23, 2008, Roger Ebert put Mon Oncle Antoine on his Great Movies list.
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