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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

R 119 minutes EN Drama , History

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

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.

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Anne-Marie Duff

Margaret

Nora-Jane Noone

Bernadette

Dorothy Duffy

Rose

Geraldine McEwan

Sister Bridget

Eileen Walsh

Crispina

Mary Murray

Una

Eamonn Owens

Eamonn

Britta Smith

Katy

Peter Mullan

Mr O'Connor

Eithne McGuinness

Sister Clementine

Frances Healy

Sister Jude

Phyllis MacMahon

Sister Augusta

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Production crew

Nigel Willoughby

Director of Photography

Craig Armstrong

Original Music Composer

Colin Nicolson

Sound Recordist

Mark Leese

Production Design

Caroline Grebbell

Art Direction

Jean Kerr

Art Direction

Colin Monie

Editor

Trisha Biggar

Costume Design

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Production 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

Production countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

Revenue: $20,957,001

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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