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Aug 29, 2003 · A thoroughly mind-provoking film about 3 young women who, under tragic circumstances, see themselves cast away to a Magdalene Asylum for young women in 1964. One of many like institutions, the asylums are run like prisons and young girls are forced to do workhouse laundry and hard labor.
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- Peter Mullan
- 2003-08-29
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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 fi...
Noone, who played Bernadette Harvey, secured the role following an open audition held in Galway, Ireland, where at the time she was studying science in college. Her audition was praised by director Peter Mullan, who was looking for an actress versatile enough to "change drastically from being feisty and mischievous into someone very dark and damage...
The film received critical acclaim when it was premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2002. There, Mullan was awarded the festival's highest prize, the Golden Lion. As of 2021, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 91% of critics and 89% of viewers gave the film positive reviews, based on 144 reviews. Metacritic reported the film ha...
The Magdalene Sisters at IMDbThe Magdalene Sisters at Box Office MojoJan 19, 2022 · A Catholic girl (Anne-Marie Duff) finds herself in trouble in the ultra conservative Ireland of the 60s; a country where women are punished if they become pregnant out...
In 1964, three teenage Irish girls are sent to a Magdalene asylum, an archaic home for "fallen women," though their crimes aren't criminal.
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- Peter Mullan
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- Geraldine Mcewan
Feb 18, 2024 · Adapted faithfully by playwright Enda Walsh from Claire Keegan’s prize-winning novella, Cillian Murphy plays Bill Furlong, a Wexford coal merchant whose unspoken grief collides with a...
- Derek Scally
Feb 15, 2024 · During the Berlin Film Festival press conference for his newest movie “Small Things Like These,” Cillian Murphy reflected on the “collective trauma” of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries.
Aug 25, 2023 · Set in the fictional town of Kilkinure in western Ireland, the BBC drama captures the story of an unmarried mother who was formerly detained in a Magdalene Laundry.
