The film's screenplay is inspired by a real-life 2008 incident in which Luka Ritz, an 18-year-old high school graduate, died of injuries sustained in a seemingly senseless attack by a group of teens. His case received high-profile media coverage in Croatia and led to the establishment of the national Luka Ritz Award for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence in schools.
The film's world premiere took place on 29 August 2014, in the Horizons section of the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It is the first Croatian film shown at the Venice Film Festival since Zrinko Ogresta's Red Dust in 1999.
The film won the Jury Grand Prix at 2014's Les Arcs European Cinema Festival.
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