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Evelyn

The Story of a Father’s Love That Changed a Nation.

Rating 6.4 / 10Release September 30, 2002Runtime 92 min

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.

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