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

Release Date: January 18, 2002

Genre: Drama

Director: Lasse Hallström

Writers: Annie Proulx

, Robert Nelson Jacobs

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Miramax

Distributor: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Countries: Canada, United States, Sweden

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 38,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,434,216

International: $ 13,256,225

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