The Magdalene Sisters
In a place that defied belief their only hope was each other.
2002 | 119m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Peter Mullan |
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| Writer: | Peter Mullan |
| Staring: |
| Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 30, 2002 |
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| Director: | Peter Mullan |
| Writer: | Peter Mullan |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | nun, sin, girls' boarding school, psychological abuse, sexual harassment, punishment, human rights, catholic, convent school, laundry, physical abuse, evil nun, convent (nunnery), 1960s, women's rights, magdalene asylum |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Scottish Screen, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, UK Film Council, Element Pictures, Momentum Pictures, PFP Films, Temple Films, Dumfries & Galloway Council, South West Scotland Screen Commission, Scottish Enterprise Dumfries & Galloway, UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $21,107,578
Budget: $5,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Anne-Marie Duff | Margaret |
| Nora-Jane Noone | Bernadette |
| Dorothy Duffy | Rose |
| Geraldine McEwan | Sister Bridget |
| Eileen Walsh | Crispina |
| Mary Murray | Una |
| Eamonn Owens | Eamonn |
| Britta Smith | Katy |
| Peter Mullan | Mr O'Connor |
| Eithne McGuinness | Sister Clementine |
| Frances Healy | Sister Jude |
| Phyllis MacMahon | Sister Augusta |
| Chris Patrick-Simpson | Brendan |
| Daniel Costello | Father Fitzroy |
| Rebecca Walsh | Josephine |
| Sean Colgan | Seamus |
| Stephen McCole | Young Man in Car |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nigel Willoughby | Director of Photography |
| Paddy Higson | Line Producer |
| Colin Nicolson | Sound Recordist |
| Mark Leese | Production Design |
| Caroline Grebbell | Art Direction |
| Jean Kerr | Art Direction |
| Colin Monie | Editor |
| Trisha Biggar | Costume Design |
| Dianne Jamieson | Makeup Artist |
| Fiona Maynard | Makeup Artist |
| Tracey Wells | Makeup Artist |
| Lenny Mullan | Casting |
| Ruth Sullivan | Foley Artist |
| Chris Sinclair | Foley Editor |
| Kahl Henderson | Dialogue Editor |
| Craig Armstrong | Original Music Composer |
| Andrew Lowe | Business Affairs Coordinator |
| Peter Mullan | Screenplay, Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frances Higson | Producer |
| Rod Stoneman | Executive Producer |
| Paul Trijbits | Executive Producer |
| Alan J. Wands | Producer |
| Ed Guiney | Executive Producer |
| Andrea Occhipinti | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Supporting Actress | Anne-Marie Duff | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 25 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 19 | 37 | 10 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 66 | 384 |