"When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it."
Tom Berenger
as Jonathan Toomey
Joely Richardson
as Susan McDowell
Luke Ward-Wilkinson
as Thomas McDowell
Saoirse Ronan
as Celia Hardwick
Aran Bell
as Richard Tyler
Sarah Wildor
as Jonathan's Wife
Thomas Briggs
as Jonathan's Baby
Clare Burt
as Claire Hardwick
Benji Compston
as Charles White
Robert Jezek
as Jim Hardwick
Ronald Pickup
as William McDowell
Lia Williams
as Joan Tyler
Jenny O'Hara
as Mrs. Hickey
Elliot Cowan
as James McDowall
Jack Montgomery
as Edward Hardwick
Karen Westwood
as Mrs. White
Sam Douglas
as Wallis Woodman
Derek Riddell
as Parson
Sunna Yates
as Mrs. Johnstone
Ben Konigsberg
as Bobby Clarke
Bill Clark
Director
Mark Burton
First Assistant Editor
Alastair Burlingham
Executive Producer
Henry Bateman
EPK Editor
Emmanuel Kadosh
Director of Photography
Kate Brontë-Stewart
Floor Runner
Mikael Carlsson
Executive Music Producer
Sarah Wheale
Production Coordinator
Cathy Doubleday
Script Supervisor
Gavin Woods
Chef
Tom Fenwick Smith
Production Runner
Philippe Martinez
Producer
Guy Farley
Original Music Composer
Susan Wojciechowski
Book
Thomas Mattinson
Simon Morris
Second Assistant Director
Sven Taits
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kit Monkman
Visual Effects Supervisor
Nimi Getter
Gaffer
Lewis Saunders
Digital Compositor
Epk Camera Operator
Paula Da Costa
Production Secretary
Paul Lowe
Stunt Double
Adrian Rhodes
Sound Editor
Writer
Katie Shahrokh
Post-Production Manager
Stuart Kearns
Art Direction
Amelia Brauer
Hair Designer
Makeup Designer
Stephen Barker
Post Production Supervisor
Ainslie Harris
Fiona Mackay
Post Production Assistant
Catherine Russell
Morag Webster
Unit Medic
Tony Graysmark
Construction Manager
Tom Swayne
Casting Assistant
Alan Latham
Simon Waters
Production Design
Tom Whitehead
Michael Ghelfi
James Smith-Pryor
Best Boy Electric
Phil Hope
Music Supervisor
John Hubbard
Casting
Colin Cooper
ADR Mixer
Phil Freudenfeld
Foley Editor
Andrew Rowe
Sound Assistant
Andrew Fensom
Leanne Flinn
Video Assist Operator
Rick Gould
Foley Artist
Nigel Mills
Supervising Sound Editor
Nick Ray
Grip
Steve Mair
Musician
Tim Hands
Derek Norman
Sound Recordist
Gavin Rose
Assistant Sound Editor
Justin Eely
Online Editor
Scott Eaton
Assistant Production Coordinator
Jack Yiokoumi
Jonathan Weisgal
David Freeman
Editor
Dan Hubbard
Maria Price
Costume Design
Karen Evans
Makeup Artist
David Daniels
First Assistant Director
Howard Weaver
Scenic Artist
Ros Hubbard
Co-Producer
Simon Brown
Boom Operator
John Mateer
Post Production Consulting
Donna Grey
Line Producer
Alex Merchant
Carley Lane
Third Assistant Director
Foley Mixer
Ben Perry
Assistant Camera
Heather Howell
Costume Supervisor
Pookie Russell
Costume Assistant
Burdette Anderson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Tim Waller
Senior Colorist