Hormann stated that by 2019 people were "increasingly fencing ourselves in", so she decided to make the film.

[2] The characters, in the initial scene, speak Turkish until one breaks the fourth wall and acknowledges that the viewers cannot comprehend their speech, before the characters switch to German, the primary medium of the film.

[2] Alissa Simon of Variety wrote that how "accomplished and watchable" the film turned out to be "owes much to its fine cast and impeccable technical package.

"[3] Keith Ulrich of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the actors were "excellent" and that it was "meticulous dramatic reenactment designed specifically to give a victim back their voice — quite the honorable intention.

"[2] Ulrich criticised how the film highlights "the fact that Aynur's murder is a foregone conclusion" and the final death scene.