[1] The film was Canada's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981, but was not shortlisted as a nominee for the award.
Roger Lemelin was paid $250,000 to write the script.
[2] The film was shot from 19 August to 5 December 1980, on a budget of $4.8 million (equivalent to $17,138,182 in 2023) with $250,000 coming from the SDICC.
It was distributed by Ciné 360 in Quebec and by Ambassador Film Distributors in the rest of Canada.
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