directed by: Peter Mullan, year: 2002
actors: Anne-Marie Duff

The Magdalene Sisters is a searing historical drama based on true accounts of young women consigned to Magdalene laundries in postwar Ireland. The film follows three inmates as they endure brutal discipline, isolation, and the coercive authority of the convent, while seeking dignity, education, and a chance at freedom. It exposes clerical abuse and institutional complicity, yet underscores the resilience and solidarity that emerge among the girls in the face of oppression.

Religious Extremism, Drama, Historical Drama, Biographical Drama