The Shipping News (2001)

Directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench and Kate Blanchett. After tragedy strikes, Quoyle (Spacey) moves with his daughter from upstate New York to his ancestral home in a small Newfoundland fishing village. With a job at the local newspaper and developing romance with a woman who lives with her own demons, Quoyle is transformed by this place of magic, beauty, and hardship. In a compelling story based on Annie Proulx's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Quoyle's past melds with his present in an inspirational journey of self-discovery and second chances.