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The Magdalene Sisters (DVD, 2004)

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Peter Mullen's shocking drama THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is based on real events that took place in Ireland from the 1960s until 1996 when an estimated 30,000 young women, considered by their families to have committed sexual sins, were sent away from their homes to earn penitence working in profit-making laundries run by the Sisters of Magdalene Order. However, the acts the girls committed to have been sent to these miserable prisons were clearly not punishable. What's worse, the nuns were cruel money grubbers who worked the girls to the point of exhaustion, and used poor living conditions and psychological abuse to break and brainwash the girls into subservience. The awful treatment the nuns gave these innocent young women was terrifying, and the ways the girls suffered were utterly disturbing. Mullen designed the fictional characters in the film based on interviews with actual survivors of the laundries, working their stories into his plot. Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff) is a shy girl who is raped by her cousin at a wedding shaming her family, Patricia/Rose (Dorothy Duff) gets pregnant and her parents take her baby away from her, Bernadette (Nora-Jane Noone) is a pretty girl who is deemed "too flirtatious," and Crispina (Eileen Walsh) is a loving young mom whose children are forbidden to see her and are being raised by her sister. The imposing Sister Bridget (Geraldine McEwan) is pure evil, and will strike fear into the souls of MAGDALENE viewers. With this expertly crafted, haunting film, Mullen presents his second feature, following 1999's ORPHANS.

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UPC0786936233094

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Product Key Features

ActorGeraldine Mcewan

RatingR

Movie/TV TitleMagdalene Sisters

DirectorPeter Mullan

FormatDVD

Release Year2004

GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureScotland

Leading RoleGeraldine Mcewan

Release Date20040323

Film CountryScotland

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by audjen59
18 Oct, 2023
Magdalen Sisters
Story is history. All young b people today need to see it, to understand what former generations had to deal with and how "easy" life is for them.
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by ellejn2
22 Mar, 2021
Movie is great!
I saw this movie years ago and was reminded of it so I wanted to check it out. It tells a very dark and sad story of how poorly women were treated just for not meeting societies standards of them. Highly recommend!
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by pimpin_steve
05 Nov, 2019
The Magdalene sisters
This is a really good movie. I had saw it yesterday ago and I wanted to see it again but I couldn't remember the title, but with Google's help I remembered. I was glad to be able to add this movie to my collection.
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by glemilo74
19 Jan, 2021
Awesome movie
Great movie . Those Irish nuns were evil. I have read about this and I also seem to documentary this movie is excellent highly recommend if you can get it by a copy and watch it.
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by __75ZMZFSq2@Deleted
19 Jul, 2017
lightweight with awesome features
The fate of these girls is so sad and unfair. My heart was broken for them. Great move of knowledge and facts.
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by ajr802701
07 Jul, 2016
Well worth seeing
A great story about how government abuses the people. One wants to go in to this place with the national guard and free the girls.
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by stacygirl33
25 Dec, 2018
Female Prison Like
Those nuns will make excellent prison guards. Shocking drama I see something new every day.
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by x__laHN7R8S@Deleted
11 Oct, 2016
This really hit home for me.
One of my older sisters was placed in a similar home run by Nuns in Phoenix, Arizona during the 1970's for simply being "incorrigible" according to my mother. In reality she just wanted to date someone my mother didn't approve of. She told me many stories over the years about the abuse the girls suffered, but I didn't really understand it until I watched this movie. I purchased it for my sister as a gift since it is not well known and doesn't appear on cable very often. This is truly a must see for anyone affected by these institutions either directly, or indirectly.
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by katholiday
21 Jul, 2023
Great films at even better prices!
Shocking and one of the best movies about this subject. Delivered on time and just in time for popcorn and movie!
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by patdal1
22 Dec, 2020
A heart bleeder
I gave it a "no" for entertaining because it should be hugely sobering. A reminder that while there are some very good Catholic Brethren and Sisters, there is inherently a very sinister dark side that needs exposing.
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