The film Ansa and Holappa see in the cinema is The Dead Don't Die (2019), which was directed by Jim Jarmusch. Jarmusch has said he has been influenced by Kaurismäki, appearing in Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) and set part of his own film Night on Earth (1991) in Finland, where he used several of Kaurismäki's regular actors.
The band playing in the karaoke bar are called Maustetytöt, which translates as 'Spice Girls'.
Official submission of Finland for the 'Best International Feature Film' category of the 96th Academy Awards in 2024.
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.
The fourth installment of Aki Kaurismäki's Proletariat Trilogy, following Shadows in Paradise (1986), Ariel (1988), and The Match Factory Girl (1990).