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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| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Writing | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Screenplay |
| Writing | Annie Proulx | Novel |
| Sound | Christopher Young | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Lasse Hallström | Director |
| Camera | Oliver Stapleton | Director of Photography |
| Production | Linda Goldstein Knowlton | Producer |
| Production | Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Art | Gretchen Rau | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Susanna David | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Kerry Barden | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emanuel Millar | Hairstylist |
| Art | Peter Rogness | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tania McComas | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Karen Schulz Gropman | Art Direction |
| Production | Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Production | Suzanne Smith Crowley | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol A. O'Connell | Hairstylist |
| Art | Dusty Reeves | Art Department Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaine L. Offers | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Leslie Holleran | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Hart | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renee Ehrlich Kalfus | Costume Design |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Meryl Poster | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rob Cowan | Producer |
| Production | Michele Platt | Co-Producer |
| Production | Diana Pokorny | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stephen P. Dunn | Associate Producer |
| Production | Michelle Raimo Kouyate | Associate Producer |
| Art | David Gropman | Production Design |
| 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 |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah Clarke | Costume Supervisor |
