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Evelyn - Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Bruce Beresford

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Movie propaganda

The story of a father's love that changed a nation.

Based on true events, Evelyn tells the inspiring story of real-life hero Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) and his young children, Evelyn (Sophie Vavasseur), Maurice (Hugh McDonagh) and Dermot (Niall Beagan). Struggling to raise his kids alone in Ireland in 1953, Doyle is devastated when the power of the Church and the Irish courts take his children away and put them in orphanages. Vowing to reunite his family, he enlists the help of his friends and 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 a father's love and the power of the human spirit.

Persons of interest

Sophie Vavasseur .... Evelyn Doyle
Niall Beagan .... Dermot Doyle
Hugh McDonagh .... Maurice Doyle
Pierce Brosnan .... Desmond Doyle
Mairead Devlin .... Charlotte Doyle
Frank Kelly .... Henry Doyle
Claire Mullan .... Mrs Daisley
Alvaro Lucchesi .... Inspector Logan
Garrett Keogh .... District Judge
Daithi O'Suilleabhain .... Brother Eustace
Andrea Irvine .... Sister Brigid
Marian Quinn .... Sister Theresa
Karen Ardiff .... Sister Felicity
Julianna Margulies .... Bernadette Beattie
Bosco Hogan .... Father O'Malley
Des Braiden .... Fergal
Sorcha Herlihy .... Mary
Paul Pender .... Screenwriter
Bruce Beresford .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

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Awards and film festivals:

Bangkok International Film Festival 2003: Nominated: Golden Kinnaree Award Best Film (Bruce Beresford)
Political Film Society, USA 2003: Nominated: Exposé - Human Rights
Young Artist Awards 2003: Nominated: Best Family Feature Film - Drama, Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Under (Sophie Vavasseur)

Studios and distributors:

Hoyts Distribution

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Evelyn is almost a companion piece to the dark and bitter Magdalene Sisters. Together they form a diptych condemning the institution of Irish Catholicism. Any time that a selected group of people is given power over another group of people, problems arise. Religions are one of those problems.

When I'm god I won't let anyone start a religion.

Take a hanky.