A Simple Twist of Fate

"A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!"

Sep 2 1994 PG-13 1h 46m
Comedy, Drama

When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. Tanny's a wild boy, whom John cannot control, and one night he breaks into McCann's house, and steals the gold and disappears, which nearly confirms McCann's distrust of mankind. But then, a mysterious young woman dies in the snow outside McCann's house, and her small daughter makes her way to McCann's house and into McCann's life and heart.

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Plot

Michael McCann is a man who feels totally betrayed by the world, after his wife revealed to him that their child was not his. A few years after his break-up we find him living alone in a small town. But, everything in his miserable life changes when he adopts a little girl whose mother died outside his house. After several years, the real father returns to claim the girl from Michael, thinking that she will be an advantage for his political career.

Written by

George Eliot, Steve Martin

Directed by

Gillies MacKinnon

Cast

Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations

Trailers
A Simple Twist of Fate - Hallmark Channel
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Average Rating
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