The film's theme of immurement draws inspiration from Balzac's "La Grande Bretêche", and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado". The king constructs a cozy, windowless love-nest for himself and his concubine.
Inspired by the themes of confinement in literature, the film tells the story of a king who builds a secluded, windowless haven for himself and his concubine, drawing parallels with Balzac's "La Grande Bretêche" and Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado".