Evelyn
The Story of a Father’s Love That Changed a Nation.
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.
- Production
- CineEvelyn, Irish Dreamtime
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Cast
Pierce Brosnan
Desmond Doyle
Aidan Quinn
Nick Barron
Julianna Margulies
Bernadette Beattie
Stephen Rea
Michael Beattie
John Lynch
Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
Sophie Vavasseur
Evelyn Doyle
Alan Bates
Thomas Connolly
Frank Kelly
Henry Doyle
Andrea Irvine
Sister Brigid
Marian Quinn
Sister Theresa
Karen Ardiff
Sister Felicity
Bosco Hogan
Father O'Malley
Des Braiden
Fergal
Gail Fitzpatrick
Miss Gilhooly
Mark Lambert
Minister of Education
Brian McGrath
Hugh Canning
Luke Hayden
Irish Times Reporter
Stuart Clark
Children's Court Usher (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Bruce Beresford
- Writers
- Paul Pender
- Cinematography
- Andre Fleuren
- Composer
- Stephen Endelman
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Peter McGinn
August 24, 2020
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 likes his drink (bordering on a stereotype maybe, says this Irish reviewer who rarely drinks) and whose wife gets fed up with her life when he loses his job. She takes off and, unlike what usually happens here in the …