One of two foreign language films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the same year, the other being Cold War (2018). This is the first time since 1976 (42 years) in which two out of the five nominees were foreign films; both Seven Beauties (1975) and Face to Face (1976) were nominated for Best Director at the 49th Academy Awards in early 1977. In fact, 1976 and 2018 are the only instances in which two foreign language films were nominated for Best Director in the same year.