The film features Keng, a gender-fluid psychic medium, as a central and respected character. Keng's non-normative gender expression is depicted without judgment, and their unique abilities are crucial to the narrative, facilitating communication with the sleeping soldiers. The portrayal is empathetic and affirms Keng's worth and agency within the story.

The film's narrative does not primarily focus on conventional family structures or norms. While a married protagonist is present, her family life is peripheral, and the story centers more on individual experience, caregiving in a communal setting, and spiritual themes, without endorsing or critiquing specific family values.

The film deeply integrates Buddhist concepts such as reincarnation, the interconnectedness of life and death, and spiritual awakening into its narrative. These elements are portrayed with reverence and as an intrinsic part of the characters' reality and understanding of the world.