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Magdalene Sisters, The (2002)  link to Magdalene Sisters, The on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2970

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IMDb Rating:
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7.7/10 (25.5K votes)

Country: Ireland, 1h 54min

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Drama

Director(s): Peter Mullan

Storyline:
A thoroughly mind-provoking film about 3 young women who, under tragic circumstances, see themselves cast away to a Magdalene Asylum for young women in 1964. One of many like institutions, the asylums are run like prisons and young girls are forced to do workhouse laundry and hard labor. The asylum, one of many that existed in theocratic Catholic Ireland, is for supposedly 'fallen' women. Here, young girls are imprisoned indefinitely and endure agonizing punishments and a long, harsh working system which leaves them physically drained and mentally damaged. As the girls bond together, it soon becomes clear that the only way out of the Magdalene convent is to escape, but with twisted Sister Bridget running the wing, any chances seem limited...

Cast:

Geraldine McEwan Sister Bridget
Anne-Marie Duff Margaret
Nora-Jane Noone Bernadette
Dorothy Duffy Rose / Patricia
Eileen Walsh Crispina
Mary Murray Una
Britta Smith Katy
Phyllis MacMahon Sister Augusta
Eamonn Owens Eamonn
Chris Patrick-Simpson Brendan

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: Red 4TB Drive

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1