Question 1

What shocking real-life revelations have given this film a darker undercurrent?

Accepted Answer

Decades later, widespread shocking revelations and allegations about abuse of children in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland during the 1950s have given this film a much darker undercurrent than originally intended.

Question 2

What is the true story behind Evelyn's mother's departure?

Accepted Answer

Evelyn's mother is said to have gone to Australia with her lover, but in reality, she went to England and ended up raising another family there. The real Evelyn Doyle eventually saw her mother on more than one occasion, but they never reconciled.

Question 3

What connection do Pierce Brosnan and Aidan Quinn share beyond this film?

Accepted Answer

Pierce Brosnan and Aidan Quinn both played Robinson Crusoe in other projects.

Question 4

What event triggers the authorities to take the Doyle children away?

Accepted Answer

Desmond Doyle's wife abandons the family on the day after Christmas, leaving him unemployed with no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot, and Maurice—which the authorities deem an untenable situation.

Question 5

Who plays the father fighting to reunite his family in the film?

Accepted Answer

Pierce Brosnan plays Desmond Doyle, the father devastated when his wife abandons the family and his children are put into Church-run orphanages.

Question 6

What shocking real-life revelations have given this film a darker undercurrent?

Accepted Answer

Decades later, widespread revelations about abuse of children in Roman Catholic Church care in 1950s Ireland gave the film a darker undercurrent than originally intended.

Question 7

What happened to Evelyn's mother after she abandoned the family?

Accepted Answer

She was said to have gone to Australia with her lover, but actually went to England and raised another family there. The real Evelyn saw her mother multiple times but they never reconciled.

Question 8

What connection do Pierce Brosnan and Aidan Quinn share beyond this film?

Accepted Answer

Both actors have played the character Robinson Crusoe in other productions.

Question 9

Why were Desmond Doyle's children taken away by authorities?

Accepted Answer

After his wife abandoned the family, Desmond's unemployment and lack of a woman in the house made authorities deem the situation untenable, leading Catholic Church and Irish courts to place the children in Church-run orphanages.

Question 10

Who plays the title character Evelyn Doyle?

Accepted Answer

Sophie Vavasseur portrays Evelyn Doyle in the film.

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