Project Detail

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

Synopsis

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. The commission takes their relationship to unexpected places as the young client makes greater and more difficult demands of the woodcarver's ability, and as Christmas approaches, the three struggle to come to terms with each other, their painful memories and the process of putting their unhappiness behind them.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
35mm Film
Director
Bill Clark 1st Feature
Producer
Alan Latham, Tom Mattinson
Executive Producer
Phillippe Martinez
Editor
David Freeman
Screenwriter
Bill Clark
Director of Photography
Emmanuel Kadosh
Production Designer
Simon Waters
Sound
Derek Norman
Composer
Guy Farley
Principal cast
Tom Berenger, Joely Richardson, Luke Ward-Wilkinson, Saoirse Ronan

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

Formula Films

c/o Bill Clark

Sales Company

Blue Rider

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