Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) es una joven que ha sido asesinada y ha subido al cielo. Desde allí ve cómo reacciona su familia ante esta trágica noticia y vigilará los pasos de la persona que la mató. Llegado el momento, Susie deberá elegir entre dos deseos: vengarse de su asesino o ayudar a su familia a salir adelante.
Guión: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Novela original: Alice Sebold
Producción asociada: Marc Ashton
Coproducción: Philippa Boyens
Producción en línea: Anne Bruning
Producción: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson, Aimée Peyronnet, Fran Walsh
Producción ejecutiva: Ken Kamins, Tessa Ross, Steven Spielberg, James Wilson
Park Road Post: Nathan Wellington
Música: Brian Eno
Fotografía: Andrew Lesnie
Montaje: Jabez Olssen
Casting: Scot Boland, Victoria Burrows, Jina Jay, Liz Mullane
Diseño de producción: Naomi Shohan
Dirección artística: Jules Cook, Chris Shriver
Vestuario: Nancy Steiner
Maquillaje: Adrienne Bearden, Sherri Bramlett, Diane Dixon, Rick Findlater, Kay Georgiou, Michelle Johnson, Graham Johnston, Peter King, Tina LaSpina, Georgia Lockhart-Adams, Catherine Maguire, Jaime Leigh McIntosh
Departamento artístico: Daniel Birt, Brett Blenkin, Alex Brandenburg, Kevin Brink, Lauren Buckley, Rob Bushow, Justin Chappell, Vanessa Cole, Frank Coralluzzo, Michael Crenshaw, Eric de Jesus, Gerald DeTitta, Elizabeth Duby, Lisa Fiorito, Karyn Gerred, Adam Goodnoff-Cernese, Antony Graf, Samantha Higgins, April Hodick, Sarah Hoopes, Roland Hunter, Timothy Joliat, Michael Jortner, Derrick Kardos, Hinju Kim, Mitchell Landsman, Martin Lasowitz, Joanna Leavens, Paul Maiello, Ben Milsom, Richard Nelson, Erin Palmer, Randy L. Parisian, Douglas Poland, Chuck Potter, Sharon Potts, Jolie Scherberger, John S. Schlicter, Dylan Sheridan, Troy Stephens, Nell Stifel, Carol Swan, Michael White, Linda Yeckley, Stacie M. Ziegenfuss
Sonido: Neil Aldridge, Jason Canovas, Hayden Collow, Justin Doyle, Buster Flaws, Alan Freedman, Melanie Graham, Jason Hancock, Michael Hedges, Chris Kellet, Martin Kwok, Tod A. Maitland, Jean McGrath, Polly McKinnon, Shannon Mills, Chris Navarro, Stefanie Ng, Hammond Peek, Michael Scott, John Simpson, Matt Stutter, Craig Tomlinson, Chris Ward, Justin Webster, Dave Whitehead, Jerry Yuen
Efectos especiales: Connie Brink, Doug Falconer, Michael Frechette, Greg Kochan, Phil McLaren, Peter Mohan, Tom Slater, Patrick Edward White, Kevin Zack
Efectos visuales: Johan Åberg, Malcolm Aitchison, Scott E. Anderson, Georgy Arevshatov, Mark Barber, Federico Bozzano, Adam Bradley, Kristie Breslin, Matthew Bullock, Clare Burgess, Robert Byrne, Djordje Cakovan, Cedric Canlas, Jung Min Chang, Jason K.S. Cheung, Michael Cozens, Jim Croasdale, Steve Cronin, Marion Davey, Bradford deCaussin, Erich Eder, Samuel Edwards, Adam J. Ely, Jessica Fernandes, Carl Frischmuth, Lauren Manuel Garcia Carro, Danny Geurtsen, Belinda Griffiths, Eric Grimenstein, Jerry Hall, Quentin Hema, Sean Heuston, Victor Huang, Nikki Hughes, Allan Torp Jensen, Gareth J. Jensen, Gios Johnston, Danny Jones, Simon Jung, Cheryl Kerr, Sigtor Kildal, Michael Lanzensberger, Iva Lenard, Zoe Lord, Thomas Sing Wai Lo, Andreas Maaninka, Florian Martin, Steve McGee, Steve McGillen, Seth F. Miller, Alberto Montañés, Matt Mueller, Salima Needham, Wolfgang Niedermeier, James Ogle, Matthew Ozerski, Sathyan Panneerselvam, David Phillips, Olivier Pinol, Glen Pratt, Ula Rademeyer, Pascal Raimbault, Kade Ramsey, Mark Richardson, Christoph Salzmann, Michael Sarkis, Caterina Schiffers, Adam Shand, Albrecht Steinmetz, John Stevenson-Galvin, Raqi Syed, Ewa Szczepaniak, Charles Tait, Eric Tang, Shannon Thomas, Pär Tingström, Kristi Valk, James Van Der Reyden, Phil Van Der Reyden, Brett Wilkins, James Willingham III, Nicholas Wilson, Sarah Wilson, Clare Woodford-Robinson, Craig Young, Marzena Zareba, Chris Mills
Casting: Tineka Becker, Lois J. Drabkin, Regina Haigh, Diane Heery, Avy Kaufman, Jason Loftus, Miranda Rivers
Vestuario: Emily Barr, Stephanie Biear, Amelia Buhrman, Tom Caddy, Lorraine Crossman, Rhonney Greene, Honora Jackson, Penelope Laughman, Carmia Marshall, Kara Morasco, David Paulin, Kevin Ritter, Jeffrey Wirsing
Departamento editorial: Dan Best, John Scott Cook, Sam Daley, Jennifer Lame, Neil Mayo, Brett McManus, Richie Roefaro, Robert Wedge
Departamento musical: Steve Gallagher, Jennifer Hawks, Nigel Stone, Chris Winter
Departamento de transportes: Gregory J. Cimino, Mike Conway, Gary Fabiano, Robert Foster Jr., Teresa Haney, William McCleery
Agradecimientos: Sharon Pinkenson