Under the title "Gasp..!", opened at one theater in Los Angeles on September 30, 1977. In his Los Angeles Times review, Charles Champlin described the movie as ""a powerful, original and provocative work" and "beyond challenge as the most unrelievedly grim portrait of ecological disaster, witnessed close-up, as anyone has yet done."
Shown at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, as part of the feature film competition.
As of 2016 it was included in the #100 Serbian movies list (1911-1999) and protected as cultural heritage of great importance.
Opened at one theater in Los Angeles on September 30, 1977. In his Los Angeles Times review, Charles Champlin described the movie as ""a powerful, original and provocative work" and "beyond challenge as the most unrelievedly grim portrait of ecological disaster, witnessed close-up, as anyone has yet done."
The movie is edited using long shots. It contains only 176 cuts for the entire length of the feature.