A Simple Twist of Fate

(1994)Directed by Gillies MacKinnon106 min · PG-13Family, Comedy, Drama
A twist of fate brought them something wonderful... Each other!

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.

Steve Martinas Michael McCann
Gabriel Byrneas John Newland
Laura Linneyas Nancy Lambert Newland
Catherine O'Haraas April Simon
Alana Austinas Mathilda McCann - Age 10
Stephen Baldwinas Tanny Newland
Byron Jenningsas Keating
Tim Wareas Rob
David Dwyeras Joe the Bartender
EGEd Gradyas Judge Marcus
Amelia Campbellas Marsha Swanson
Carolyn McCormickas Elaine McCann
Leon Lamaras Stablehand
Anne Hecheas Tanny's Playmate (uncredited)
Alyssa Austinas Mathilda McCann - Age 5
Afemo Omilamias Bailiff