Overview:
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.| Status: | Released (2002-09-30) |
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| Awards: | 4 wins & 7 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $1,487,645 |
| Screen: | Paul Pender |
| Productions: | CineEvelyn, Irish Dreamtime |
| Production Countries: | Ireland, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 517: Pierce Brosnan - Desmond Doyle
- 18992: Aidan Quinn - Nick Barron
- 25654: Julianna Margulies - Bernadette Beattie
- 9029: Stephen Rea - Michael Beattie
- 28743: John Lynch - Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
- 96787: Sophie Vavasseur - Evelyn Doyle
- 27554: Alan Bates - Thomas Connolly
Crews
- 5696: Bruce Beresford - Director - Directing
- 96786: Paul Pender - Writer - Writing
- 1325: John Hubbard - Casting - Production
- 7786: Ros Hubbard - Casting - Production
- 21276: Stephen Endelman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 567973: Joan Bergin - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 56351: Mario Ohoven - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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I recently watched this after first seeing it maybe ten years ago. It wasn’t quite as good as I remembered. I mean, I like it okay, but without Pierce Brosnan in it, I am not sure I would have stayed through it. It is a harmless enough story, based on fact, about an Irishman who l ....
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