Director and producer Robert Chuter had previously directed a stage version of this story for Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre and La Mama Theatre (Melbourne, Australia) in 2009. Chuter and Australian playwright Julia Britton met in 1988 and would later form a long-lasting partnership.
This was Graeme Squires's (Steven Evans) last on-screen credited appearance. Squires had his first big acting break as 'Tom Nash' in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1988).
This was Jessikah Brown's (Nerine) feature film debut. Brown appeared in only one other film after this.