ट्रिविया

Cameo by chance: in the 49th minute you can see the director herself in the frame as the kids discuss the TV personality of Mr Shcherbachov.

Russian occupation: On February 26, 2022, the third day of the full-invasion, Russia occupied Stanytsia Luhanska, the place where one of the characters apparently had been filmed.

Character: Valentin Shcherbachov, the initiator of the teenagers' trip to the Himalayas, for no given reason, almost does not appear in the film; he can be "seen" during a phone conversation at minute 87 and in one shot of the end credits.

Use of music: The scenes are interwoven with romantic and soulful English-language music, which feels foreign to the steppes of Donbas or the mountains of Nepal, but is probably aimed at a Western audience.