Macedonia's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).
Right after the hospital scene ends, when the two kids bring the overdosed girl, the director Milcho Manchevski can be seen on the computer screen before it displays Lazar's wife and son.
Natasa Petrovic's debut, as an overdosed teenager.
Most interiors in the film, including Lazar's apartment, Dr. Perkova's office, the morgue, and Menka's house were filmed on a sound stage. There was a total of two dozen sets constructed for the film.
The composer Zbigniew Preisner composed a concerto for one scene in the film.