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Release Date: 2002

Cast: Sophie Vavasseur, Sorcha Herlihy, Julianna Margulies, Pierce Brosnan, Alvaro Lucchesi, Hugh McDonagh, Niall Beagan, Des Braiden, John Lynch, Bosco Hogan, Claire Mullan, Gail Fitzpatrick ...MORE

Cast: Sophie Vavasseur, Sorcha Herlihy, Julianna Margulies, Pierce Brosnan, Alvaro Lucchesi, Hugh McDonagh, Niall Beagan, Des Braiden, John Lynch, Bosco Hogan, Claire Mullan, Gail Fitzpatrick, Alan Bates, Andrea Irvine, Marian Quinn, Stephen Rea, Lauren Carpenter, Mairead Devlin, Daithi O'Suilleabhain, Lauren O'Connell, Aidan Quinn, Karen Ardiff, Garrett Keogh, Frank Kelly ...LESS

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Evelyn is a 2002 drama film, loosely based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his fight against the Irish courts 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 and Stephen Rea as supporters to Doyle's case. The film had a limited release in the United States, starting on December 13, 2002 and was later followed by the United Kingdom release on March 21, 2003. The film was produced by, with others, Brosnan's own production company, Irish DreamTime. It opened to generally favourable... MORE

Evelyn is a 2002 drama film, loosely based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his fight against the Irish courts 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 and Stephen Rea as supporters to Doyle's case. The film had a limited release in the United States, starting on December 13, 2002 and was later followed by the United Kingdom release on March 21, 2003. The film was produced by, with others, Brosnan's own production company, Irish DreamTime. It opened to generally favourable reviews. Nine-year-old Evelyn Doyle's (Sophie Vavasseur) mother has abandoned the family, leaving her out-of-work father Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) to bring up Evelyn and her two brothers, Maurice (Hugh MacDonagh) and Dermot (Niall Beagan) on his own. Matters are only made worse when Desmond's mother-in-law (Claire Mullan) reports the abandonment of the children to the authorities. Irish law prohibits children from being brought up in a "broken home", and therefore places these children in Church-run orphanages. Desmond also drinks excessively and does not have a job or money to allow him to LESS