The plot follows Ștefan (played by Dorian Boguță), a construction engineer, who enters an existential crisis after his best friend and business partner Nic (played by Șerban Pavlu) dies in a bicycle accident.

The film is subtitled "eight Gymnopédies" and is structured in eight days in the life of Ștefan after Nic's death.

The writing of Zavera started in 2014 with a script development workshop organized by Sources 2 in Norway.

[3][4] The score contains two of Erik Satie's Gnossiennes, performed by the original music composer Cristian Lolea.

[7] It received two nominations at the 2020 Gopo Awards, Coca Bloos for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Lolea for Best Original Music, but neither of them won.