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The Magdalene Sisters

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

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2002-08-30

Runtime: 119 mins

Director: Peter Mullan

Spoken language: Latin, English

Genres: Drama, History

Original title: The Magdalene Sisters

Production Companies: Scottish Screen, UK Film Council, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Momentum Pictures, PFP Films, Temple Films, Dumfries & Galloway Council, South West Scotland Screen Commission, Scottish Enterprise Dumfries & Galloway, UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund, Miramax, Element Pictures

Production Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

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