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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

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overview : Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with the boys. All have to work in a laundry under the strict supervision of the nuns, who break their wills through sadistic punishment.

Release Date : Aug 30, 2002

Runtime : 1h 59m

Genre : Drama  History  

Companies : Scottish Screen, UK Film Council, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Momentum Pictures, PFP Films, Temple Films, Dumfries & Galloway Council, South West Scotland Screen Commission, Scottish Enterprise Dumfries & Galloway, UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund, Element Films, Miramax, Film Council

Countries : Ireland, United Kingdom

Keywords : nun, girls' boarding school, based on true story, sin, psychological abuse, punishment, sexual harassment, religion, torture, ireland, human rights, catholic, convent school, laundry, physical abuse, evil nun, convent (nunnery), 1960s, women's rights, magdalene asylum


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