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

souls reaching out across time

Looking back to a life which is partly your own and partly shared by people from another time stretches the imagination -- one has to feel for these desperate souls trying to relate, drawing a strong parallel with the struggles we go through in relating to those within our own lifetime; the notion of reincarnation allows us to feel and empathize with souls reaching across time, a wonderful concept whether you can accept the idea scientifically or not. Be brave... jump out of science and let your soul discover the light fantastic! The acting was fine, the pace was perfect, the location scenery was charming, and the characters were positively Shakespearian...the oldest son spoke with his eyes, even though he was very old and his body had almost died, and he made aging feel what it is...powerful, wise, understanding and compassionate, qualities in aggregate which youth can only reach toward.