The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama written and directed by Peter Mullan, a British Irish co-production shot entirely on location in Dumfries and Galloway in south west Scotland. It follows three teenage girls sent to a Magdalene asylum, a home for women labelled as fallen by their families or society and maintained by a Catholic religious order. The film won the Golden Lion at the 2002 Venice Film Festival. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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- Also in Language Atlas: English, original language there.
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1. The Magdalene Sisters (Wikidata)
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2. The Magdalene Sisters (Wikipedia)
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The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums (also known as Magdalene laundries), homes for women who were labelled as "fallen" by their families or society.
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