At the beginning of the film, one of the students wears a shirt of Traianos Dellas of Greece's national soccer team; as part of the team he became the champion of Europe in 2004.
Estonia's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).
The actors ad-libbed many lines (including slang).
Joosep's father and mother share their first names with the actors who played them, Margus Prangel and Tiina Rebane.