While conversing with Codruta, the young hitchhiker, Pompiliu mentions Marfa si banii (2001) as an example of bad quality in modern cinema. This is an inside joke: Alexandru Papadopol, the actor portraying Pompiliu starred in Marfa si banii (2001).
The most successful Romanian release on the domestic market in 2016, with a box-office total of EUR 534,000 and over 130.000 tickets sold.
Made on a very low budget - EUR 30,000 or EUR 40,000 according to different sources - this may be the most lucrative Romanian release since the 1989 Revolution.
The hotel in the movie is the now almost derelict Steaua Dunarii (Danube Star) Hotel in Giurgiu. Other outdoor scenes, however, like the Cinema Turris, are shot in Turnu Magurele.