Evelyn (2002)

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Studio: United Artists Films
Rating: PG
Release Date: Dec 13, 2002
Running Time: 93 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: Ireland
Country Of Origin: Germany
director: Bruce Beresford
synopsis
A drama based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his young children, Evelyn, Maurice and Dermot. Abandoned by his wife, Doyle does his best to make it as a single dad, raising his kids alone in Ireland in 1953. Their life isn't easy--but above all else in the world, Doyle loves his children. Unfortunately, when his wife's mother reports her daughter's abandonment to the authorities, the power of the Church and the Irish courts take his children away and put them in orphanages. Doyle is devastated. Vowing to reunite his family, he enlists the help of new friend Bernadette Beattie, her solicitor brother Michael, their American lawyer friend Nick and Nick's mentor Tom Connolly. Together they attempt to do what has never been done before--challenge a law before the Irish Supreme Court. Doyle's fight to keep his family intact becomes an uplifting testament to the strength of a father's love and the power of the human spirit.
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A man loses first his wife,

then his kids in this holiday tearjerker.

Story

Based on a true court

case first tried in 1953 Evelyn recounts the story of a man on a mission. Rumpled pub-crawler Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) has a streak

of bad luck when he loses his wife to another man the day after

Christmas and then loses his three

children, Evelyn (Sophie Vavasseur), Maurice (Hugh McDonagh) and Dermot (Niall Beagan), to the Catholic

church and Irish courts. That he's without a wife and a… Continued

cast + crew
Director
Desmond Doyle
Nick Barron
Bernadette Beattie
Michael Beattie
Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe
Evelyn Doyle
Tom Connolly
Maurice Doyle
Henry Doyle
Dermot Doyle
Screenplay
Producer
Producer
Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Associate Producer

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