"You'll never guess what you'll find inside..."

2001

1h 51m

6.4(403 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

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Cast & Crew

22 members

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Kevin Spacey

Quoyle

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Julianne Moore

Wavey Prowse

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Cate Blanchett

Petal

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Judi Dench

Agnis Hamm

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Pete Postlethwaite

Tert Card

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Scott Glenn

Jack Buggit

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Rhys Ifans

Beaufield Nutbeem

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Gordon Pinsent

Billy Pretty

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Jason Behr

Dennis Buggit

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Kate Moennig

Grace Moosup

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Larry Pine

Bayonet Melville

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Jeannetta Arnette

Silver Melville

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Marc Lawrence

Cousin Nolan

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Daniel Kash

Detective Danzig

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Nicole Underhay

Beety Buggit

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Emma Taylor-Isherwood

Young Agnis Hamm

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Alyssa Gainer

Bunny Quoyle

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Kaitlyn Gainer

Bunny Quoyle

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Lauren Gainer

Bunny Quoyle

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John Dunsworth

Guy Quoyle

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Anthony Cipriano

Young Quoyle (7)

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Kyle Timothy Smith

Young Quayle (12)

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