The film's closing credits state: "Special thanks to the American students in Paris, 1978-1979".
The movie's story was inspired by the personal experiences of filmmakers Willard Huyck Gloria Katz when as young adults they were travelling abroad from the USA.
The ''cattle call'' casting process on this picture ran for about two and half months across three locations: California, New York City and Paris in France.
The picture filmed in Paris, the capital city of France, at approximately sixty filming locations.