This is cinematographer Sven Nykvist's final movie. The Swedish cameraman, who was made legendary through his collaboration with Ingmar Bergman, was already at the time of shooting suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Filmed for theaters, it made its U.S. debut on the Starz network.
Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Michael Caine had previously played husband and wife in Neil Simon's California Suite (1978).