Evelyn

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.

Cast

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan

as Desmond Doyle

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

as Nick Barron

Julianna Margulies

Julianna Margulies

as Bernadette Beattie

Stephen Rea

Stephen Rea

as Michael Beattie

John Lynch

John Lynch

as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

Sophie Vavasseur

Sophie Vavasseur

as Evelyn Doyle

Alan Bates

Alan Bates

as Thomas Connolly

Niall Beagan

Niall Beagan

as Dermot Doyle

Hugh McDonagh

Hugh McDonagh

as Maurice Doyle

Mairead Devlin

Mairead Devlin

as Charlotte Doyle

Reviews

Peter McGinn

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 (...

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