The Magdalene sisters / Miramax Films, Scottish Screen, the Film Council and the Irish Film Board/Bord Scannán na hÉireann present a PFP Films production in association with Temple Films, a film by Peter Mullan ; produced by Frances Higson ; written and directed by Peter Mulan.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004.
Description1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Magdalen Asylum (Ireland)--Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Church work with women--Ireland. --Catholic Church. --Drama.
Reformatories for women--Ireland. --Drama.
Women--Institutional care. --Ireland. --Drama.
Church work with unmarried mothers--Ireland. --Drama.
Unmarried mothers--Ireland. --Drama.
Women--Crimes against. --Ireland. --Drama.
Convents--Drama.

Other author/creatorMullan, Peter.
Other author/creatorHigson, Frances.
Other author/creatorMcEwan, Geraldine.
Other author/creatorDuff, Anne-Marie.
Other author/creatorNoone, Nora-Jane.
Other author/creatorDuffy, Dorothy.
Other author/creatorWalsh, Eileen.
Other author/creatorMurray, Mary.
Other author/creatorSmith, Britta.
Other author/creatorMiramax Films.
Other author/creatorScottish Screen (Organization)
Other author/creatorFilm Council (Great Britain)
Other author/creatorBord Scannán na hÉireann.
Other author/creatorPFP Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorTemple Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorMiramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other author/creatorBuena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Abstract In Ireland in the 1960s, four women were sent to the Magdalene sisterhood asylum because of 'sinful' behavior. They all had to work in the laundry, where the strict nuns would break everyone's wills through sadistic punishment. Based on a true story.
General noteTitle from container.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 2002.
General noteSpecial features: documentary "Sex in a cold climate" (1997, 50 min.) / Testimony Films for Channel Four ; producer [and director], Steve Humphries ; narrator, Dervia Kirwan. Presents a disturbing portrait of Magdalen asylums, run by unfeeling and sometimes sadistic Catholic nuns in Ireland for over a hundred years. The purpose of the asylums, named after the repentant biblical prostitute Mary Magdalene, was to correct the supposed sexual deviance of young women. The criteria of deviance were so broad some Magdalenes didn't know why they had been put away. The film follows the stories of four women who were detained in Magdalen asylums between the 1940s and the 1960s.
CreditsDirector of photography, Nigel Willoughby ; editor, Colin Monie ; music composer, Craig Armstrong ; costume designer, Trisha Biggar ; production designer, Mark Leese ; special effects supervisor, Steve Breheney.
Cast Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray, Britta Smith, Frances Healy, Eithne McGuinness.
Audience MPAA rating: R; for violence/cruelty, nudity, sexual content and language.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned. English and French soundtracks with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other titleSex in a cold climate.
Publisher number33435 Miramax Home Entertainment

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Compact DVDs PN1997 .M34 2004 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold