 Éva Gárdos met actress Colleen Camp on the set of  _Apocalypse Now (1979)_ (qv), when she was a casting director for  the film. During shooting breaks, Éva told Colleen her true story of  her childhood as a Hungarian émigré and Colleen encouraged her to  turn it into a film. Colleen Camp would ultimately help produce the  film, and played a small role in it as a neighborhood housewife.