The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

Directors

Peter Mullan

Cast

Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray, Dorothy Duffy, Eamonn Owens, Geraldine McEwan

The story

In Ireland, 1964, so-called "fallen" women are considered sinners who needed to be redeemed. Four young women – Margaret (raped by her cousin), Bernadette (too beautiful and coquettish), Rose (an unmarried mother) and Crispina (an intellectually disabled unmarried mother) – are forced by their families or caretakers into the Magdalene asylum. The film details the disastrous lives of the four girls whilst they are inmates, portraying their harsh daily regimen and their squalid living conditions at the laundries.

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