"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 Camera Operator
Paula Da Costa
Production Secretary
Justin Eely
Online Editor
Cathy Doubleday
Script Supervisor
Phil Hope
Music Supervisor
Stuart Kearns
Art Direction
Ainslie Harris
Digital Compositor
Howard Weaver
Scenic Artist
Rick Gould
Foley Artist
Nigel Mills
Supervising Sound Editor
Derek Norman
Sound Recordist
Nick Ray
Grip
Tom Swayne
Casting Assistant
Paul Lowe
Stunt Double
Thomas Mattinson
Producer
James Smith-Pryor
Best Boy Electric
Fiona Mackay
Post Production Assistant
Kate Brontë-Stewart
Floor Runner
Andrew Fensom
Michael Ghelfi
Ben Perry
Assistant Camera
Scott Eaton
Assistant Production Coordinator
Catherine Russell
Donna Grey
Line Producer
Dan Hubbard
Casting
Colin Cooper
Foley Mixer
Heather Howell
Costume Supervisor
Morag Webster
Unit Medic
Philippe Martinez
Leanne Flinn
Video Assist Operator
Tim Waller
Senior Colorist
Gavin Woods
Chef
Steve Mair
Musician
Ros Hubbard
Co-Producer
Guy Farley
Original Music Composer
Tim Hands
Susan Wojciechowski
Book
Sarah Wheale
Production Coordinator
Stephen Barker
Post Production Supervisor
Simon Brown
Boom Operator
Kit Monkman
Visual Effects Supervisor
Burdette Anderson
Executive In Charge Of Production
Katie Shahrokh
Post-Production Manager
Alan Latham
John Hubbard
Tom Whitehead
Amelia Brauer
Hair Designer
Makeup Designer
Phil Freudenfeld
Foley Editor
Lewis Saunders
Writer
Tom Fenwick Smith
Production Runner
Simon Waters
Production Design
Alex Merchant
Carley Lane
Third Assistant Director
ADR Mixer
Adrian Rhodes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Andrew Rowe
Sound Assistant
Pookie Russell
Costume Assistant
Emmanuel Kadosh
Director of Photography
Tony Graysmark
Construction Manager
Jack Yiokoumi
David Daniels
First Assistant Director
Sven Taits
Nimi Getter
Gaffer
Mikael Carlsson
Executive Music Producer
Jonathan Weisgal
David Freeman
Editor
Maria Price
Costume Design
Karen Evans
Makeup Artist
John Mateer
Post Production Consulting
EPK Editor
Simon Morris
Second Assistant Director
Gavin Rose
Assistant Sound Editor
Sound Editor