The director, Yakov Levi, became obsessed with perfection during the shoot of this 13 minute film, resulting in over 21 hours of raw footage of endlessly repetitive (and nearly identical) takes - such as over 55 takes of Ksusha tossing a flower onto a couch, or 37 takes of the two actresses carrying a mirror into a room. Yakov later said that none of the shots turned out the way he wanted.