Plot
A thoroughly mind-provoking film about 3 young women who, under tragic circumstances, see themselves cast away to a Magdalene Asylum for young women in 1964. One of many like institutions, the asylums are run like prisons and young girls are forced to do workhouse laundry and hard labor. The asylum, one of many that existed in theocratic Catholic Ireland, is for supposedly 'fallen' women. Here, young girls are imprisoned indefinitely and endure agonizing punishments and a long, harsh working system which leaves them physically drained and mentally damaged. As the girls bond together, it soon becomes clear that the only way out of the Magdalene convent is to escape, but with twisted Sister Bridget running the wing, any chances seem limited...
Written by
Peter Mullan
Directed by
Peter Mullan
Crew
Production Countries
Ireland, United Kingdom
Production Companies
UK Film Council, Screen Ireland, Momentum Pictures, PFP Films, Temple Films, Dumfries & Galloway Council, Scottish Enterprise Dumfries & Galloway, UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund, Element Films, Miramax, Scottish Screen, South West Scotland Screen Commission
Languages
Latin, English
Awards
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 18 wins & 15 nominations total