May and Walid were hosting a dinner party at their suburban Beirut home for a group of friends during a rare, total lunar eclipse occurring later that evening.

During dinner, the subject of an absent couple who were in a marital crisis was brought up, with the husband having an affair with a younger woman, and his wife finding out from a text message on his phone.

As the guests leave May and Walid's in the end, the lunar eclipse passes completely, and the group behave as if the game never happened, and their relationships has not been strained.

Lebanese newscaster and journalist Mona Saliba cameos as the MTV news presenter[a] reporting on the lunar eclipse.

[3] Filming was scheduled in Lebanon in February 2021 after suffering a delay in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on-going protests, in addition to the devastating Beirut Port explosion that year.

[4] On 17 January 2022, a red carpet premiere event was organised at the Bulgari Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Bay, with many of the cast and crew in attendance.

[9][10] Note that Zaki's character is portrayed as a chronic drinker, and has removed her panties in one scene without explanation, albeit there is no visual nudity in the entire film.

[9][13] Many other fellow Arab actors also expressed their support for Mona Zaki in the midst of the backlash via social media, including Amr Waked, Hend Sabry, Ahmad Fahmy, and Ghada Abdel Razek.

[9] The movie instantly became Netflix’s first Arabic film to top the charts, but simultaneously attracted criticism, leading to a call for banning the OTT platform.