Harrington Harbour, where the film was made, is actually an English-speaking village, settled originally by people from Newfoundland.
Shot in six weeks.
There was actually an English dubbed version of the movie which was very well done. Unfortunately it was only available on airline flights and for some reason they decided not to put it on the DVD release.
The Cricket match that everyone watches in the restaurant is a prerecorded test match between England and South Africa from the five match test series of South African tour of England in 1998. The part shown is of the third day (4th July, 1998) of the 3rd test match being played at Old Trafford, Manchester on 2-6 July, 1998 where Makhaya Ntini of South Africa can be seen bowling to Mark Ramprakash of England.