The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

08/30/2002 (IE) • 1h 59m

Drama, History

In a place that defied belief their only hope was each other.

Overview

Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.


Recommendations

Pizzicata

61%

Die letzte Instanz

55%

Big Girls Don't Cry

59%

Orphans

65%

Sisters

69%

Hercules in the Haunted World

66%

The Lower Depths

71%

3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets

73%

Army of Crime

65%

The Travelling Players

72%

Ballad of a Soldier

79%

The End

52%

In America

72%

Il Grido

75%

Anne+: The Film

62%

Deliver Us from Evil

71%

Simple Simon

72%

The Savages

69%

Jimmy's Hall

67%

Valley Girl

60%

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000.00

Revenue

$21,107,578.00

Keywords

nun

girls' boarding school

based on true story

sin

psychological abuse

punishment

sexual harassment

religion

torture

ireland

human rights

catholic

convent school

laundry

physical abuse

evil nun

convent (nunnery)

1960s

women's rights

magdalene asylum

© All Rights Reserved 2025