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| Release Date: |
August 1, 2003 (Limited) |
| On DVD: |
March 23, 2004 |
| Genre: |
Drama, Foreign |
| Running Time: |
120 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated R for violence/cruelty, nudity, sexual content and language. |
| Director: |
Peter Mullan |
| Writer: |
Peter Mullan |
| Cast: |
Chris Simpson, Britta Smith, Peter Mullan, Phyllis MacMahon, Eithne McGuinness, Sean McDonagh, Frances Healy, Julie Austin, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray, Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff, Geraldine McEwan |
Based on a true story, this film examines the Magdalene Sisters Asylum, where reportedly 30,000 girls over the course of time have spent slaving away doing laundry seven days a week to wash away their sins. Placed in the asylum with no expectation of release, the girls are assumed whores and sinners by those outside and the wicked nuns that run the place. Even more surprising is the "crimes" that put these girls in servitude; Read more
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