Known as America's Poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow leads an idyllic life...until the day his world is shattered by tragedy. With a nation divided by Civil War and his family torn apart, Henry puts down his pen, silenced by grief. But it's the sound of Christmas morning that reignites the poet's lost voice as he discovers the resounding hope of rekindled faith.
Bill Nighy和Miranda Richardson在这部悲痛和名流的影片中出演,发生在新工党的选举获胜和黛安娜王妃去世时的那个春夏。Gideon Warner是一位非常成功地公共关系顾问,当他的女儿威胁要离开他的生活时,或许也是为了报复他的一系列不忠行为,Gideon必须停下脚步,重新评估他的世界。Richardson扮演一位在年幼的儿子的丧失后以非常规方式隐藏悲痛的一位母亲。