Aksel Hennie was one of the most know graffiti writers in Norway until he was arrested. He exposed his friends and was frozen out of the graffiti scene in Oslo. His experiences are the basis for the movie.
Two weeks after its premiere it had been seen by 150,000 people, an example of its huge success (Norway only has 4.5 million inhabitants).
Some of the events in the film is supposed to have taken place in the director's life.
This movie was made available in 2024 when it was released on inter-regional (region-free) Blu-Ray Disk by Norske Filmklassikere (Norwegian Film Classics), Norsk Filmdistribusjon, and Platekompaniet as the 25th release in a new series with classics, NFK0025, with subtitles in English, and is supposed to be held in stock for film lovers.