It was selected as the Kyrgyzstani entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
[4] Adil is a 35-year-old man with intellectual disability who lives with his 75-year-old mother, Raikhan, in a small town.
One day, an 8-year-old boy tells him that if he takes his mother to the Holy city of Mecca for the Hajj, then she will go to heaven.
As a result, Adil undertakes a journey on foot to the place while carrying his mother in a wheelbarrow.
[5] Principal photography took place in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.