Debut full-length feature film of Director Pat O'Connor, who had previously directed a short feature, though that being the one hour and five minute, The Ballroom of Romance (1982).
Third movie that employed Mark Knopfler as composer after Joie et réconfort (1984) and Local Hero (1983).
Dame Helen Mirren won the Award for Best Actress at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival for her performance as Marcella in this movie.
The major locale setting of this picture is Antrim County in Northern Ireland.