Danish sales company Level K was also involved in the international distribution of Estonian films in the past. They were responsible for "Kalev" by Ove Musting, the Estonian-Icelandic co-production "Mihkel," and the animated film "Sipsik." Level K focuses on Scandinavian and Nordic cinema; they have distributed Anders Thomas Jensen's "Men and Chickens" and Alli Haapasalo's "Girl Picture."

Sarnet said to Variety that he has always been captivated with 1970s cinema and made an effort to incorporate that aesthetic into his movies. "I love 1970s cinema and all the heavyweights: Fassbinder, Pasolini, Tarkovsky, Buñuel," he said, adding that despite the fact that many of his films can be described as genre cinema, he does not consider himself a genre director. "I studied kung fu films, but we didn't have the means, or interest, in making a 'pure' kung fu film."

The film is set in 1973 in an Orthodox monastery and its central theme is heaven and earth coexisting. The story's protagonist is a car mechanic who becomes a monk. The film was produced in Estonia, Greece and Latvia on a budget of €2.7 million.

The film will be released in Estonian theaters on December 7.

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