LoginThe Magdalene Sisters - Region 1 DVD
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A movie guaranteed to make the blood boil, The Magdalene Sisters gives a lacerating account of life inside a Magdalene Laundry, one of the dismal asylums for "wayward women" run by the Catholic Church in Ireland. Director Peter Mullan, inspired by a TV documentary on the same subject, follows the miserable fates of three young women who are institutionalized in the 1960s for flimsy reasons; their lives are at the mercy of sadistic nuns (Geraldine McEwan is superb as the head of the place). The film sounds tortuous, but its rich sense of outrage and excellent performances--Nora-Jane Noone is a real discovery--make
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Manufacturer: Miramax Home Entertainment
Release date: 1 March 2004
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0786936233094 UPC: 786936233094
Release date: 1 March 2004
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0786936233094 UPC: 786936233094
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