The film was made and released about seven years after its source novel of the same name by Michael Mewshaw had been first published in 1984. The book was semi-autobiographical. Mewshaw is a former Newsweek correspondent.
The film takes place in 1978.
First English language movie to feature former real-life Italian Prime Minister, the late Aldo Moro, as a character.
The picture was made and released about thirteen years after the real life events, on which the film's source novel was based, had taken place in 1978.