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The Magdalene Sisters

Year:

2002

Duration:

119 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Peter Mullan

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 16 wins & 13 nominations

Details

Country: Ireland

Release Date: 2002-10-25

Filming Locations: Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $84,553 (USA) (3 August 2003)

Gross: $4,890,878 (USA) (23 November 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Ian Hanmore

Geraldine McEwan

Sister Bridget

Anne-Marie Duff

Margaret

Nora-Jane Noone

Bernadette

Dorothy Duffy

Rose / Patricia

Eileen Walsh

Crispina

Mary Murray

Una

Britta Smith

Katy

Frances Healy

Sister Jude

Eithne McGuinness

Sister Clementine

Phyllis MacMahon

Sister Augusta (as Phyllis McMahon)

Rebecca Walsh

Josephine

Eamonn Owens

Eamonn

Chris Patrick-Simpson

Brendan (as Chris Simpson)

Sean Colgan

Seamus

Daniel Costello

Father Fitzroy

Kate Christie

Dormitory Girl

Alison Goldie

Dormitory Girl

Jemma Heath

Dormitory Girl

Anita Hyslop

Dormitory Girl

Marianne McGill

Dormitory Girl

Leonna McGilligan

Dormitory Girl

Claire McKenzie

Dormitory Girl

Claire Murray

Dormitory Girl

Lynsey Robson

Dormitory Girl

Mariann Taylor

Dormitory Girl

Julie Austin

Theresa

Deirdre Davis

Margaret's Mother

Pol McAdam

Band Member at Wedding

Sean McDonagh

Kevin

Sean Mackin

Priest at Wedding

David Muldrew

Band Member at Wedding

Ciaran Owens

Young Eamonn

Kevin Shields

Band Member at Wedding

Ashley Conroy

Sonia

Pauline Goldsmith

Mrs. Barton

Leanne Henderson

Amy

Stephen Mallon

Orphanage Boy 1

Jim Murray

Orphanage Boy 2

Christopher Sheridan

Orphanage Boy 3

Maureen Allan

Rose's Mother

Laurie Ventry

Father Doonigan

Jim Walsh

Rose's Father

Fran Brennan

Garda Sergeant

Gemma Burns

Ruby

Daniel Emerson

Crispina's Son - 2

Tracy Kearney

Crispina's Sister

Stephen McCole

Young Man in Car

Gareth Milne

Psychiatric Nurse

Peter Mullan

Mr. O'Connor

Julie Wilson Nimmo

Girl with Baby (as Julie Nimmo)

Nick Powell

Psychiatric Nurse

Allan Sharpe

Archbishop

Callum Smith

Crispina's Son - 1

Flynn Turner

Crispina's Son - 3 (as Fynn Turner)

Leo Horsfield

Groom (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Crispina shouts "You're not a man of God!" 27 times.

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Vanessa Redgrave dropped out due to her mother's ill health and was replaced by Geraldine McEwan.

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Former Magdalen Asylum inmate, Mary-Jo McDonagh, told director and writer Peter Mullan that the reality of the Magdalene Asylums was much worse than depicted in the film.

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Goofs

When Margaret's brother shows up to take his sister home, he not only knows his way around the facility, but knows exactly which room everyone is in, despite having never set foot in the place in some six years.

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The guitar the man plays at the beginning of the film is a Taylor acoustic guitar. Taylor Guitars was not established until 1974.

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Quotes

Bernadette: Please don't tell her... please...

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Mr. O'Connor: You've got no home. You have no mother. You got no father. You killed us, you slut. You killed us both.

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Sister Bridget: For many years, more years than I care to remember, I have had a secret love. In fact not just one, but dozens. Since I have been thirteen years old I have been in love... with the films.

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