Quoyle is een zwijgzame veertiger met weinig zelfvertrouwen. Hij heeft genoeg van zijn huwelijk met de egoïstische Petal en keert met zijn tante en zijn dochtertje terug naar zijn geboorteplaats. In dit rustige vissersdorp gaat hij werken als verslaggever en al snel groeit zijn zelfvertrouwen. Na zijn ontmoeting met de jonge, leuke weduwe Wavey, lijkt ook de echte liefde in zijn leven te komen. Zijn geluk lijkt geen grenzen te kennen. Is Quoyle nu helemaal vrij en kan hij de rest van zijn leven genieten, of staan hem nog verrassingen te wachten...
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| Writing | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Screenplay |
| Sound | Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Writing | Annie Proulx | Novel |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Crew | Roger Maunder | Driver |
| Lighting | Barry Newhook | Rigging Grip |
| Crew | Rod Jerrett | Driver |
| Lighting | Tim Murphy | Electrician |
| Camera | Sean Doran | Best Boy Grip |
| Camera | Mark O'Neill | Camera Trainee |
| Lighting | Flora Planchat | Electrician |
| Camera | Nigel Markham | Camera Loader |
| Lighting | John Roche | Electrician |
| Directing | Cara Powell | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kelly Stone | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Keith Burgess | Second Assistant Camera |
| Directing | John Vatcher | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | Paul Pope | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stephen P. Dunn | First Assistant Director |
| Art | David Gropman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Clarke | Costume Supervisor |
| Art | Karen Schulz Gropman | Art Direction |
| Art | Dusty Reeves | Art Department Coordinator |
| Production | Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Production | Linda Goldstein Knowlton | Producer |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Production | Suzanne Smith Crowley | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emanuel Millar | Hairstylist |
| Production | Leslie Holleran | Producer |
| Directing | Susanna David | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Peter Rogness | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renee Ehrlich Kalfus | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tania McComas | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Kerry Barden | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaine L. Offers | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol A. O'Connell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Hart | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Meryl Poster | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michele Platt | Co-Producer |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michelle Raimo Kouyate | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rob Cowan | Producer |
| Production | Stephen P. Dunn | Associate Producer |
| Production | Diana Pokorny | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Rick Gosse | Driver |
| Crew | Gerry Jackman | Cableman |
| Sound | Gerry Jackman | Boom Operator |
