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The Magdalene Sisters
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
2002 · Directed by Peter Mullan · 119 min · Drama · History · 9 frames
Tagline
In a place that defied belief their only hope was each other.
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Mullan
- Cinematography: Nigel Willoughby
- Edited by: Colin Monie
- Music: Craig Armstrong
- Production design: Mark Leese
- Produced by: Frances Higson, Alan J. Wands
Cast
- Anne-Marie Duff as Margaret
- Nora-Jane Noone as Bernadette
- Dorothy Duffy as Rose
- Geraldine McEwan as Sister Bridget
- Eileen Walsh as Crispina
- Mary Murray as Una
- Eamonn Owens as Eamonn
- Britta Smith as Katy
- Peter Mullan as Mr O'Connor
- Eithne McGuinness as Sister Clementine
Production
- Country: Ireland, United Kingdom
- Language: Latin, English
- Studios: Scottish Screen, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Momentum Pictures, PFP Films
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $21,107,578
- Themes: nun, girls' boarding school, based on true story, sin, psychological abuse, punishment, sexual harassment, religion, torture, ireland
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