Aug 30, 2002
119 min
Full-HD

The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.

Category

Drama History

Country

Ireland United Kingdom

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

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

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