剧情介绍
故事发生在50年代的爱尔兰，德斯蒙德（皮尔斯·布鲁斯南 Pierce Brosnan 饰）的妻子离开了他，留下两个儿子和一个女儿艾芙琳（索菲·瓦瓦塞尔 Sophie Vavasseur 饰）同他相依为命。祸不单行，德斯蒙德在一场意外中丢掉了工作，没有收入的他选择夜夜在酒吧流连，依靠酒精来麻痹痛苦的神经。
政府很快就发现了德斯蒙德糟糕的经济和精神状态，认定他不再适合抚养孩子，于是，他的三个孩子被送入了收容所。在收容所里，艾芙琳遭到了非人的虐待，这让德斯蒙德重燃斗志。在伯纳黛特（朱丽安娜·玛格丽丝 Julianna Margulies 饰）的帮助下，德斯蒙德重新振作起来，有了工作和积蓄的他决定向收容所申请要回他的孩子。 1953. 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 that his is an untenable situation. The Irish courts put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages. Although a sympathetic judge assures Desmond that he'll get his children back after he gets a job, he learns there's another barrier. During that time, Evelyn suffers abuse while Desmond goes to court to get his children back. A barmaid, her brother, her suitor, and a tippling footballer become Desmond's team.
政府很快就发现了德斯蒙德糟糕的经济和精神状态，认定他不再适合抚养孩子，于是，他的三个孩子被送入了收容所。在收容所里，艾芙琳遭到了非人的虐待，这让德斯蒙德重燃斗志。在伯纳黛特（朱丽安娜·玛格丽丝 Julianna Margulies 饰）的帮助下，德斯蒙德重新振作起来，有了工作和积蓄的他决定向收容所申请要回他的孩子。 1953. 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 that his is an untenable situation. The Irish courts put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages. Although a sympathetic judge assures Desmond that he'll get his children back after he gets a job, he learns there's another barrier. During that time, Evelyn suffers abuse while Desmond goes to court to get his children back. A barmaid, her brother, her suitor, and a tippling footballer become Desmond's team.
太棒了！看得我心一直揪着，原来爱尔兰的法系跟英国的也不一样，学到了
parfait!
中国社会的传统是不会轻易剥夺父母的抚养权；西方以前则走了另一个极端，有过过失的家长都要不回孩子的抚养权。
太平淡了，像水一样，还是康师傅的，爱尔兰民歌加一分。
大概是我找资源最辛苦之一的电影了 最后感动到了
拍的很粗糙，但很感人！
很感人，angel rays made me cry, and numerous other tearing points, like the St. Jude, and the "holy trinity" against the "holy family" argument, and Evelyn's beautiful prayer；电影拍得用心而精致；皮尔斯南007之外，有这一部足矣，甚至，比007更值得骄傲
虽然有老版007，燃情岁月的大哥，还有傲骨贤妻，但是没什么感觉。里面007唱的on the bank of the roses好听
感动的剧情和如画的每一帧都令人心生希望。10星！！
考题竟然有怎么分析这个电影……早知道我肯定准备好资料看看它透露出的法律问题！
angle wings
违宪审查制度的意义
7.5
看007变成生活一团糟的倒霉汉，最后法庭审判很精彩，对违宪审查有新的认识。爷爷好温情好可爱
下载了无字幕版，爱尔兰口音对我来说比较难懂。还是被angel rays 感动得一塌糊涂，happy ending 时爷爷却已不在，这是我接受不了的悲情结局。