The Magdalene Sisters

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British film Irish film drama film film

The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 Irish-British drama film that exposes the harsh abuses suffered by young women in Ireland's Magdalene asylums run by the Catholic Church.

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The Magdalene Sisters canonical 8
film "The Magdalene Sisters" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
Irish film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Best Film at the British Independent Film Awards ⓘ
Golden Lion ⓘ
basedOn testimonies of former Magdalene laundry inmates ⓘ
castMember Anne-Marie Duff ⓘ
Britta Smith ⓘ
Dorothy Duffy ⓘ
Eileen Walsh ⓘ
Eithne McGuinness ⓘ
Geraldine McEwan ⓘ
Mary Murray ⓘ
Nora-Jane Noone ⓘ
cinematographyBy Nigel Willoughby ⓘ
controversialIn Island of Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Ireland
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfSetting Ireland ⓘ
depicts Irish Catholic Church ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church in Ireland

Magdalene asylums ⓘ
institutional abuse ⓘ
director Peter Mullan ⓘ
distributor Miramax Films ⓘ
editedBy Colin Monie ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasSubject Catholic-run Magdalene laundries in Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Bernadette ⓘ
Crispina ⓘ
Margaret ⓘ
Rose ⓘ
musicBy Craig Armstrong ⓘ
premiereEvent Venice Film Festival ⓘ
producer Frances Higson ⓘ
Peter Mullan ⓘ
productionCompany Scottish Screen ⓘ
Temple Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 2002-09-05 ⓘ
releaseYear 2002 ⓘ
runningTime 119 minutes ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
theme abuse of power ⓘ
institutionalization ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
writer Peter Mullan ⓘ

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Anne-Marie Duff → notableWork → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
Ian Hanmore → notableWork → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
Ian Hanmore → appearedIn → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
Peter Mullan → directed → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
Peter Mullan → wrote → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
Peter Mullan → awardReceivedFor → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
The Magdalene Laundries → mediaDepiction → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
subject surface form: Magdalene Laundries
this entity surface form: film "The Magdalene Sisters"
Maureen in The Magdalene Sisters → appearsIn → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
subject surface form: Maureen
Maureen in The Magdalene Sisters → fictionalUniverse → The Magdalene Sisters ⓘ
subject surface form: Maureen