One of two concurrent TV adaptations of Alice Elliott Dark's short story of the same name that appeared in the New Yorker in 1993, with this film being released before than the better-known HBO adaptation In the Gloaming (1997), starring Glenn Close and directed by Christopher Reeve, which was released in early 1997.
Both this film and In the Gloaming (1997) were nominated for the CableAce Award for best Dramatic or Theatrical Special on the same year, with the latter winning the award.