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Evelyn is a 2002 Irish drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Paul Pender, loosely based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his fight in the Irish courts (December 1955) to be reunited with his children. The film stars Sophie Vavasseur in the title role, Pierce Brosnan as her father and Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies ...
Desmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. As he's unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages; when he finds a job, he tries to get his kids back. The uplifting movie is based on the true story of the Doyle family in 1950s Ireland. Desmond Doyle is abandoned by his wife who runs off to Australia and ...
Dec 13, 2002 · "Evelyn" is set in 1953, and could have been filmed then. Told with the frank simplicity of a classic well-made picture, it tells its story, nothing more, nothing less, with no fancy stuff. We relax as if we've found a good movie on cable. Story is everything here. Even though Pierce Brosnan is a movie star, he comes across here as an ordinary bloke, working-class Irish, charming but not all ...
Dec 25, 2002 · Evelyn: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Sophie Vavasseur, Niall Beagan, Hugh McDonagh, Pierce Brosnan. Desmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953.
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Subscribe Now. Evelyn on DVD April 15, 2003 starring Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen Rea. Desmond Doyle is devastated when his philandering wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that.
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Dec 13, 2002 · Synopsis When the mother of young Evelyn Doyle (Sophie Vavasseur) abandons her family, her devastated father Desmond (Pierce Brosnan), is left to care for Evelyn and her brothers on his own ...
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Evelyn is a film directed by Bruce Beresford with Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea .... Year: 2002. Original title: Evelyn. Synopsis: Based on true events, this is the inspiring story of real-life hero Desmond Doyle and his young children, Evelyn, Maurice and Dermot. Struggling to raise his kids alone in Ireland in ...
