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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| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Writing | Annie Proulx | Novel |
| Writing | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Screenplay |
| Sound | Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Crew | Roger Maunder | Driver |
| Lighting | Barry Newhook | Rigging Grip |
| Crew | Rod Jerrett | Driver |
| Lighting | Tim Murphy | Electrician |
| Camera | Mark O'Neill | Camera Trainee |
| Lighting | Flora Planchat | Electrician |
| Lighting | John Roche | Electrician |
| Camera | Nigel Markham | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Sean Doran | Best Boy Grip |
| Directing | Paul Pope | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Cara Powell | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kelly Stone | Second Unit First Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Vatcher | Assistant Director Trainee |
| Directing | Stephen P. Dunn | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Keith Burgess | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | David Gropman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Clarke | Costume Supervisor |
| Production | Linda Goldstein Knowlton | Producer |
| Production | Leslie Holleran | Producer |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Production | Kerry Barden | Casting |
| Production | Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Production | Suzanne Smith Crowley | Casting |
| Art | Peter Rogness | Art Direction |
| Art | Karen Schulz Gropman | Art Direction |
| Art | Dusty Reeves | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renee Ehrlich Kalfus | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emanuel Millar | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol A. O'Connell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tania McComas | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Hart | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaine L. Offers | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Susanna David | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rob Cowan | Producer |
| Production | Michelle Raimo Kouyate | Associate Producer |
| Production | Meryl Poster | Executive Producer |
| Production | Diana Pokorny | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michele Platt | Co-Producer |
| Production | Stephen P. Dunn | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Rick Gosse | Driver |
| Crew | Gerry Jackman | Cableman |
| Sound | Gerry Jackman | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Greg Thomas | Driver |
