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The Magdalene Sisters

Summary: A group of four young Irish women are forced to enter into a "Magdalen laundry", a Catholic reformatory where they are physically, psychologically, and sexually abused.

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  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (119 min.) : digital, sound, color
    remote
  • Publisher: Montreal : Alliance Films, [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Inspired by the documentary 'Sex in a cold climate'".
Originally distributed as a motion picture by Alliance Films, 2002.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Co-producer, Alan J. (Willy) Wands ; production designer, Mark Leese ; film editor, Colin Monie ; original music composed, conducted and arranged by Craig Armstrong ; costume designer, Trisha Biggar ; sound recordist, Colin Nicolson ; special effects supervisor, Steve Breheney.
Participant or Performer Note: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray, Britta Smith, Frances Healy, Eithne McGuinness, Phyllis McMahon, Rebecca Walsh, Eamonn Owens, Chris Simpson, Sean Colgan, Daniel Costello.
Target Audience Note:
CHV rating: AA.
MPAA rating: R; for violence/cruelty, nudity, sexual content and language.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
French language version also available.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed April 25, 2015).
Subject: Women -- Institutional care -- Ireland -- Drama
Women -- Crimes against -- Ireland -- Drama
Reformatories for women -- Ireland -- Drama
Catholic Church -- Ireland -- Drama
Genre: Feature films.
Historical films.
Streaming video.

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