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Evelyn (Evelyn)
	Rendező:	Bruce Beresford
	Év:	2002
	Ország:	Germany / UK / Ireland
	Kategória:	dráma
	Leírás:	PLOT SYNOPSIS: One man takes on the Irish family law system and the Catholic Church in a bid to be reunited with his children in this drama, based on a true story. In 1953, Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) was a house painter and decorator who, despite a strong work ethic, had a hard time holding on to steady work. Desmond's wife had grown tired of her marriage and her husband's financial problems, and one day walked away from her home, leaving Desmond to raise their three children on his own. While Desmond struggles to keep body and soul together for his children, his sporadic employment eventually attracts the attention of the law, and a court order sends his two sons and young daughter to separate Catholic orphanages until Desmond can prove he's capable of properly supporting them. However, Desmond discovers merely getting work is not enough to bring his children back to him, and when he learns that his daughter, Evelyn (Sophie Vavasseur), is having a rough time of it at the hands of several stern nuns, he becomes determined to win their custody in a court of law. Through Bernadette (Julianna Margulies), a barmaid who has caught his eye, Desmond meets Michael Beattie (Stephen Rea), a lawyer and Bernadette's brother. While Michael doesn't believe Desmond's case can be won in an Irish court, his partner Nick Barron (Aidan Quinn), an expatriate American who lost custody of his own children in a divorce proceeding, is eager to help, and they agree to take the case. However, they both realize they're fighting an uphill battle, and so they persuade Thomas Connolly (Alan Bates), a former football star who became one of Ireland's most respected barristers, to lend his knowledge and prestige to the case. Leading man Bronson also served a co-producer for Evelyn; Bruce Beresford directed, who previously collaborated with Pierce Brosnan on Mr. Johnson. -- Mark Deming AMG REVIEW: Evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story, but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention. As a child custody drama, it's unfair to even compare it to a film like Ken Loach's Ladybird, Ladybird, which is not only genuinely powerful and emotionally honest, but reflects the problems of the society and systems it depicts. Evelyn doesn't even compare favorably to a well-executed Hollywood melodrama like Kramer vs. Kramer. Director Bruce Beresford and screenwriter Paul Pender lay on the sentiment in thick, brogue-addled gobs as they desecrate a true but presumably dramatically inadequate story, adding an evil, perjuring nun (while essentially giving the Catholic Church, which was probably largely responsible for the Irish child welfare laws of the time, a free pass) and an ill-tempered, leering stock villain of a judge. They also chose to turn Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan) into a stereotypical Irish drunk, remove two of his children from the tale, and turn Evelyn's two remaining younger brothers into voiceless extras. Brosnan has a few genuine moments of anger (including one startling scene wherein he throttles the abusive nun) that cut through the cotton candy of the script, while Sophie Vavasseur acquits herself well enough as the impossibly self-possessed title character. Stephen Rea, generally a fine actor, barely registers, and Alan Bates hams it up egregiously, perhaps in a desperate effort to inject a little life into this predictable tale, in which barely a single moment rings true. -- Josh Ralske
Szereplők: Pierce Brosnan - Desmond Doyle; Aidan Quinn - Nick Barron; Julianna Margulies - Bernadette Beattie; Stephen Rea - Michael Beattie; Sophie Vavasseur - Evelyn Doyle; Alan Bates - Thomas Connolly; John Lynch - Mr. Wolfe; Karen Ardiff - Sister Felicity; Niall Beagan - Dermot Doyle; Des Braiden - Fergal; Luke Hayden - Irish Times Reporter; Pat McGrath - Gamekeeper; Alvaro Lucchesi - Inspector Logan; Hugh MacDonagh - Maurice Doyle; Hugh Grogan - Pub Musician; Claire Mullan - Mrs. Daisley, Charlotte's Mother; Sorcha Herlihy - Mary; Lauren Carpenter - Annette Farrell; Lauren O'Connell - Lauren; Peter Fowl - Pub Musician; Mairead Devlin - Charlotte Doyle; Daithi O'Suillebhain - Brother Eustace; Mark Lambert - Minister of Education; Frank Kelly - Henry Doyle; Brian McGrath - Hugh Canning; Mick Nolan - Honest Joe O'Leary; Alan Barry - Justice McLaughlin; Bosco Hogan - Father O'Malley; Don Foley - Justice Lynch; Gail Fitzpatrick - Miss Gilhooly; Eamon Rohan - Justice Hall; Conor Evans - Justice Ferris; Bill Golding - Justice Daley; Sally the Farmer's Daughter - Slippery Sam, the Greyhound; Andrea Irvine - Sister Brigid; Marian Quinn - Sister Theresa; Garrett Keogh - District Judge

Technikai adatok
Nyelv	Felirat	Játékidő	Producer	Darab
angol [5.1]	magyar	93 Min	Cinerenta / First Look Media / Irish DreamTime / United Artists	1 DVD
Weblap	Értékelés	Tárolás	Film hossz	Hozzáadva
http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:267159	5.0/10	DVD-Lemez	93 Perc	2004.10.26.