According to screenwriter Nataliya Vorozhbyt, it’s the story about one combat alert mission that took place over the course of several weeks in September 2014. The volunteer military battalion arrives at the Donetsk Airport for the first time after it had been held by Ukrainian forces for over 4 months of constant war.
Director Akhtem Seitablayev took on the challenge of putting Nataliya’s story on the big screen. After the first take of the film, he symbolically shattered a plate, which is a superstition standing for good luck. Afterward, all the crew members pick up pieces of the plate for luck.