Overview: Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly caught flirting with the boys. All have to work in a laundry under the strict supervision of the nuns, who break their wills through sadistic punishment.

Vote Average: 7.41

Genres: Drama, History

Production Companies: Scottish Screen , UK Film Council , Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland , 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 , Element Films , Miramax , Film Council

Cast: Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Geraldine McEwan, Eileen Walsh, View more Mary Murray, Eamonn Owens, Britta Smith, Peter Mullan, Eithne McGuinness, Frances Healy, Phyllis MacMahon, Chris Patrick-Simpson, Daniel Costello, Rebecca Walsh, Sean Colgan, Stephen McCole

Crew: Peter Mullan , Peter Mullan , Craig Armstrong , Nigel Willoughby , Andrew Lowe View more , Ed Guiney , Frances Higson Paddy Higson