• 2002

  Release Date

• October 24th, 2002

• Runtime

• 119 minutes

• Synopsis

• 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.

• CAST

• 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,   Chris Patrick-Simpson - Brendan,   Daniel Costello - Father Fitzroy,   Rebecca Walsh - Josephine,   Sean Colgan - Seamus,   Stephen McCole - Young Man in Car     

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