Sony Pictures Classics, the independent film distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, plans to expand the film's release to 500 screens nationwide Jan. 12 and to at least 1,000 theaters by early February. It also clinched a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign-language film and is now widely regarded as a likely Oscar nominee for best picture. No subtitled movie has ever won Hollywood's highest honor. The movie needs ambassadors and it needs word of mouth. We want it to be hard to see.
People have to know about it and anticipate it before it hits the town.
Much of the action is airborne, with duels fought on rooftops and treetops. The movie also carries a unique feminist sensibility, with action driven by women who are depicted as powerful, determined fighters, as well as objects of affection.