Yesterday's Children (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Marcus Cole

Writers (WGA):

Jenny Cockell (book)
Sarah Bird (written by) ...

Release Date:

15 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

A Mother's haunting dreams lead her to another place, another time, and a mysterious past... her own.

Plot:

Jenny Cole lives with her husband and son in middle America. She is pregnant and starts to have very...

Plot Keywords:

Loveless Marriage | Memory | Family History | Orphanage | Family Violence

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Jane Seymour	...	Jenny Cole / Mary Sutton
Clancy Brown	...	Doug Cole
Kyle Howard	...	Kevin Cole
Denis Conway	...	Father Kelly
Eoin McCarthy	...	John Sutton
Cillian Caffrey	...	Young Sonny
Stanley Anderson	...	Dr. Christopher Garrison
Claire Bloom	...	Maggie
Hume Cronyn	...	old Sonny Sutton
Peadar Lamb	...	Arthur McSweeney
Conor Evans	...	Thomas Layden
Angus MacInnes	...	Sam Casey (as Angus Mac Innes)
Frances Burke	...	Elizabeth Sutton
Paul Kennedy	...	Irish Doctor
Eric Weitz	...	Martin Green

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Spain:7

Filming Locations:

Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Cosgrove/Meurer Productions

You're bound to be moved

This is a true story. Living in the middle US with her loving husband (Clancy Brown) and her teenage son (Kyle Howard), Jenny Cole (Jane Seymour) was pregnant with her second child. At the same time, she started having vivid, recurring dreams about a poor, big family living in Ireland about half a century ago. Jenny's memories became more and more intense. She talked about it to her mother, who showed Jenny her drawings about that small town, Malahide when she was a little girl. Jenny also went see a psychologist in hope to find out more about the Irish woman's life which constantly appeared in her dreams. In her memories, the woman, Mary Sutton had four children, one still born baby and soon later another baby girl. As well as her abusive husband. Jenny was determined to track down all the children, so she went to Ireland and her search began. She set out to make the Suttons reunite, after all these decades...

Mary Sutton's life was short misery. She died at the age of 37 due to ill health. Throughout her life she had never been treasured by her husband. Now Jenny believed that she was Mary in her past incarnation and that her mission was to bring Mary's children together, so Mary's last wish could be fulfilled...

The acting, the score are heartbreaking. The tale is simply touching. Now, the question is: Do you believe in reincarnation?