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Year: 2002 USA: Miramax Films UK: Momentum Pictures Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray, Britta Smith, Frances Healy, Chris Simpson, Eithne McGuinness, Phyllis MacMahon, Julie Austin, Sean McDonagh Director: Peter Mullan Countries: UK / Ireland UK: 119 mins USA Rated: R for violence/cruelty, nudity, sexual content and language UK Certificate: 15 contains some strong language, sex references and hanging scene USA Release Date: 1 August 2003 (Limited Release) UK Release Date: 21 February 2003 PHASE9 movie review Q&A with director Peter Mullan Official website US Distributor Synopsis From the acclaimed director of ORPHANS, THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is a powerful and emotional journey, charting several years in the young lives of four 'fallen women' who find themselves incarcerated by the Catholic church, to work in their laundry business. Set in 1964, THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is based on true accounts of the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, which eventually closed in 1996 after an estimated 30,000 women had been detained. The film stars Geraldine McEwan (LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES) as Sister Bridget, Anne Marie Duff (ENIGMA, MILD AND BITTER) as Margaret, Eileen Walsh (NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, JANICE BEARD 45WPM) as Crispina, Dorothy Duffy (THE LOVES OF CASS MCGUIRE) as Rose and marks the acting debut of Nora Jane Noone as Bernadette. |
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