The Magdalene Sisters
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.
- genus: Drama, History
- Studio: 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
- keyword: 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
- cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Geraldine McEwan, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray
