One of two Australian movies to be selected to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in 1991. The other was Proof (1991).
The picture in 1991 was selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
The movie was a Jungle Pictures production in association with Film Victoria and Australian Film Commission. The movie's script was developed with the assistance of the latter.
The movie was not nominated for any AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards despite having being selected to screen in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and playing at various other international film festivals.
The River Yarra of the film's location is a real life geographical place and is located in the city of Melbourne in the state of Victoria in the country of Australia where this picture was made.