The Magdalene Sisters
2002
****
Director: Peter Mullan
Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Nora-Jane Noone, Anne-Marie Duff, Dorothy Duffy
A powerful fact-based drama set in Ireland in the 1960s when young girls suspected of improper conduct were sent to Magdalene laundrettes, sweatshop-like institutions run by oppressive nuns. Mullan exposes the sanctimonious nature of the Catholic church in this moving and strongly acted slice of history.
