An international co-production of Austria and Germany, the film depicts an android (Lena Watson) living with a man (Dominik Warta) as a replicant in place of his young daughter who had disappeared years prior.

[4][5] Watson also wore a silicone mask and wig, which served to both conceal her identity and enable her to resemble another actress who appears later in the film.

[4] Jonathan Romney of Screen Daily called the film "a powerful and revelatory achievement [...] complex, artfully crafted, sometimes wilfully perplexing".

[5] Jessica Kiang of Variety called it a "desperately creepy, queasy, thought-provoking film", and concluded: "Wollner's lacerating intelligence and riveting craft make this extraordinarily effed-up riff on the 'Pinocchio' legend [...] much more than empty provocation".

[12] Amid controversy in Australia, Sandra Hall of Sydney Morning Herald called the film ''strangely moral'' Controversial for its content, the film delves into the manipulation of emotional intelligence, leaving viewers pondering the consequences of such actions in a thought-provoking and unsettling manner.