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  1. Award-winning story of four of the inmates of one of Ireland's Magdalene laundries, brutal institutions run by nuns for single mothers, orphans and pr…

  2. Oct 17, 2016 · Hard-hitting, controversial drama in which three young women battle to maintain their spirits in a Magdalene sisterhood asylum for women labelled as 'fallen', run by sadistic nuns. Show more. 1 ...

  3. A stirring, must-see motion picture critics called one of the best films of the year, THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is the triumphant story of three extraordinary wo...

  4. Aug 23, 2023 · This systematic atrocity, a stain on Ireland’s history, has been explored on screen before, in Peter Mullan’s The Magdalene Sisters in 2002 and Stephen Frears’ Philomena in 2013.

  5. Jan 22, 2024 · A 2003 a drama film titled The Magdalene Sisters told the story of three teenage girls who were sent to the asylums in the Sixties. The film starred Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone and Dorothy ...

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  6. Jun 30, 2014 · The four girls are portrayed by Anne-Marie Duff, Nora Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy & Eileen Walsh. The movie starts with showing the circumstances through which 3 of the girls came to be sent to the Magdalene Asylum. Margaret is raped by her cousin at a wedding is thought to bring shame to her family; Bernadette who is an orphan is seen flirting ...

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  8. The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums (also known as Magdalene laundries), homes for women who were labelled as "fallen" by their families or society. The homes were maintained by individual religious orders, usually by the Catholic Church.

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