The Magdalene Sisters
Summary:
One of the Catholic Church's most infamous institutions is the focus of this controversial independent feature from Scottish actor and erstwhile director Peter Mullan. Set in 1964, The Magdalene Sisters hones in on the Magdalene convent, a place where purportedly wayward young women have been sent by their families for reform. Many of the girls are locked up in the institution for ... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Anne-Marie Duff - (Margaret)
Dorothy Duffy - (Rose/Patricia)
Eileen Walsh - (Crispina)
Nora-Jane Noone - (Bernadette)
Geraldine McEwan - (Sister Bridget)
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Review:
Crafted with the kind of care and urgency that can only come from being personally invested in a subject, writer/director Peter Mullan's scathing exposé The Magdalene Sisters goes above and beyond predictable movie-of-the-week requirements to offer up a harrowing, first-hand view of the kind of inhumanity and persecution that might, in other ... Continue >>
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