The Magdalene Sisters
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Mullan
Eileen Walsh
Nora-jane Noone
Dorothy Duffy
Daniel Costello
Geraldine Mcewan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A drama which charts several years in the young lives of four "fallen women" who were rejected by their families and abandoned to the mercy of the Catholic Church in 1960's Ireland. While women's liberation is sweeping the globe, these women are stripped of their liberty and dignity, and they're condemned to indefinite sentences of servitude in The Magdalene Laundries in order to atone for their "sins." The last Magdalene Asylum in Ireland closed in 1996, and only since has the true horror of conditions in these institutions begun to emerge.
Director
Peter Mullan
Cast
Eileen Walsh
Nora-jane Noone
Dorothy Duffy
Daniel Costello
Geraldine Mcewan
Eamon Owens
Frances Healy
Phyllis Mcmahon
Mary Murray
Eithne Mcguinness
Anne-marie Duff
Sean Colgan
Crew
Craig Armstrong
Patricia Biggar
Mark Devlin
David Gilchrist
Ed Guiney
Frances Higson
Paddy Higson
Jean Kerr
Colin Monie
Lenny Mullan
Peter Mullan
Colin Nicolson
Paul Trijbits
Nigel Willoughby
Nigel Willoughby
Nigel Willoughby
Nigel Willoughby
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 1, 2003
Released in United States on Video March 23, 2004
Released in United States 2002 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 - October 13, 2002.)
Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 8, 2002.)
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (European Cinema) February 28-March 9, 2003.)
Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2002 Venice International Film Festival.
Winner of the Toronto Discovery Award (for best first or second time director) at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival.
Released in United States Summer August 1, 2003
Released in United States on Video March 23, 2004
Released in United States 2002
Released in United States 2003
Released in United States January 2003
Shown at New York Film Festival September 27 - October 13, 2002.
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 8, 2002.
Shown at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (European Cinema) February 28-March 9, 2003.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.
Miramax Films acquired domestic rights to this film for $600,000 at the 2002 Venice International Film Festival.
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2003 IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival.
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.)
