The film won the award for Best Costume Design at the 1993 Catalonian International Film Festival in Catalonia, Spain.
Debut theatrical feature film of actor Cliff Curtis and actresses Kiri Mills, Lisa Chappell and Helen Steemson.
This 1992 film has been fully restored and re-mastered and this restored version was "re-premiered" on 28th November 2016 at the same cinema in Auckland, New Zealand that had staged the original premiere - The Civic.
The film was partially inspired by Hollywood melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s according to the New Zealand Film Commission.
In 2016/17, an exhibition related to the film entitled ''Remedies Redux: The Desperate & The Beautiful" was held at The Pah Homestead TSB Wallace Arts Centre between 29th November 2016 and 15th January 2017. It featured props, costumes and original imagery from the movie.