Story Line
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.
“The Story of a Father’s Love That Changed a Nation.”
Top Cast

Pierce Brosnan
Desmond Doyle

Aidan Quinn
Nick Barron

Julianna Margulies
Bernadette Beattie

Stephen Rea
Michael Beattie

John Lynch
Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

Sophie Vavasseur
Evelyn Doyle
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Rating
6.4/ 10
Release Date
2002-09-30
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (1)

Peter McGinn
7/10
•8/24/2020I 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, base...






