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Actors: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Magdalene Sisters |
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THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is an irish movie written and directed by Peter Mullan in 2002. The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival the same year.
Margaret, Rose and Bernadette are brought on the same day to the Magdalene Sisters asylum. Margaret has been raped by one of his cousins, Rose had to abandon the child she had as she was unmarried, and Bernadette was attracting too much the attention of the boys at the orphanage.
Abandoned by their families, these girls will stay four years in this asylum without being allowed to speak and forced to wash dirty linen all day long.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Magdalene Sisters |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- Unprepared for birthing/child rearing
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- rape
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Irish
Woman/class/friends story?
- story of lower class
- story of group of friends
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- Irish
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Eccentric:
Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Irish/McCourt
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Ireland
Prairie?
Yes
Misc setting
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Folk music
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