france   ireland   based on novel   adoption   what happened to epilogue   parole   character name in title   mayor   1950s   corpse   flashback   arrest   church   student   19th century   brothel   falling in love   humiliation   prostitution   forgiveness   based on true story   ghost   dead woman   class differences   reference to ronald reagan   catholic   deathbed   religious intolerance   tuberculosis   rebellion   journalist   2000s   police inspector   woman shot   screaming in pain   catholic guilt   religious bigotry   army   washington d.c.   nun   child murder   sewer   laundry   cutting hair   child killed   assumed identity   battle   photo album   starvation   mourning   stars   dead boy   based on play   abused child   giving birth   lincoln memorial washington d.c.   teenage pregnancy   natural childbirth   hunger   innkeeper   luxury hotel   dead woman on bed   convict   barricade   beggar   based on stage musical   confessional   dead woman carried   feelings of guilt   gay son   aids   home video   historical event   closing eyes of dead person   convent   death of main character   child selling   teenage mother   corrupt guardian   withheld information   dying in someone's arms   dead woman with eyes open   feat of strength   girl disguised as boy   unknown son   writing a book   mother child separation   8mm film   breech delivery   death from aids   expiation   gay republican   human interest story   labor pains   mortification   reference to jane russell   reference to jayne mansfield   reference to tony blair   religious education   religious guilt   religious hypocrisy   romantic novel   spin doctor   withholding information   year 1955   year 2003   cemetery   writer   suicide   one word title   mother son relationship   title spoken by character   reporter   premarital sex   shot in the chest   redemption   loss of son   robbery   priest   paris france   no opening credits   illegitimate child   unemployment   orphan   wedding