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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

In a place that defied belief their only hope was each other.

7.4(460)1h 59mAugust 30, 2002

Peter Mullan

Director

Peter Mullan

Writer

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Diary

Overview

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Cast

Anne-Marie Duff

Margaret

Nora-Jane Noone

Bernadette

Dorothy Duffy

Rose

Geraldine McEwan

Sister Bridget

The Magdalene Sisters · Cinemalant

Eileen Walsh

Crispina

Mary Murray

Una

Eamonn Owens

Eamonn

Peter Mullan

Mr O'Connor

Phyllis MacMahon

Sister Augusta

Chris Patrick-Simpson

Brendan

Stephen McCole

Young Man in Car

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: August 30, 2002
Budget: $5,000,000
Revenue: $21,107,578
Production: Scottish Screen, 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 Pictures
Country: Ireland, United Kingdom

Keywords

nungirls' boarding schoolbased on true storysinpsychological abuse

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