The marriage of Robert and Elizabeth is collapsing, both concentrating on their jobs (journalist, mother) rather than each other.
Robert sleeps with their babysitter, Marianne, while Elizabeth talks with their friends, Juliet and Alex.
Cox wanted to make a film that was less autobiographical than his previous work, so brought in a co-writer, Susan Holly-Jones.
Tony Llewellyn-Jones and Bernard Eddy also contributed to the shooting script.
[2] The movie was shot over three weeks on 35mm at the beginning of 1977 under the working title Two in the Family.