2002

(The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 film written and directed by Peter Mullan about teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene Asylums, otherwise known as the ‘Magdalene Laundries’:

1968

The Magdalene Sisters, a 2002 film by Peter Mullan, is based on historical facts about four young women incarcerated in a Magdalene laundry in Ireland from 1964 to 1968.

Anne Marie Duff,

The Magdalene Sisters, Peter Mullan’s 2002 drama about the Magdalene laundries, starring Anne-Marie Duff and Geraldine McEwan.

about teenage girls , otherwise known as the 'Magdalene Laundries': who were sent to Magdalene Asylums

The Magdalene Sisters is a 2002 film written and directed by Peter Mullan about teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene Asylums, otherwise known as the 'Magdalene Laundries':

in 1964

Starting in 1964, The Magdalene Sisters focuses on three women, Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff) who is raped by (Anne-Marie Duff's cousin during a wedding, Rose (Dorothy Duffy) who had a child out of wedlock and was forced to give (Dorothy Duffy up for adoption and Bernadette (Nora Jane Noone), a teenage orphan who has the audacity to flirt with boys and is sent to the asylum, even though (Anne-Marie Duff is a virgin.

on three women, Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff) who is raped by (Anne-Marie Duff's cousin during a wedding, Rose (Dorothy Duffy) who had a child out of wedlock and was forced to give (Dorothy Duffy up for adoption and (Nora Jane Noone), a teenage orphan who has the audacity to flirt with boys and is sent to the asylum, even though (Anne-Marie Duff is a virgin

Starting in 1964, The Magdalene Sisters focuses on three women, Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff) who is raped by (Anne-Marie Duff's cousin during a wedding, Rose (Dorothy Duffy) who had a child out of wedlock and was forced to give (Dorothy Duffy up for adoption and Bernadette (Nora Jane Noone), a teenage orphan who has the audacity to flirt with boys and is sent to the asylum, even though (Anne-Marie Duff is a virgin.

in 1960

Shot in English and later dubbed in Italian, the film was released in the United States in 1960 as Mary Magdalene.

on true stories and the sheer cruelty of the nuns and involved priests

The Magdalene Sisters (2002) and Philomena (2013) were both based on true stories and the sheer cruelty of the nuns and priests involved

1972

Sisters had Sisters's world premiere at Filmex in Los Angeles, California on November 18, 1972.

the most well-known dramatisation of life in the institutions — —  the last of which closed in Belfast in only 1996

The Magdalene Sisters (2002) is the most well-known dramatisation of life in the institutions — the last of which closed in Belfast in only 1996 — but is being joined by new genre work.

the Golden Lion award , the highest prize given at the Venice Film Festival

Director Peter Mullan’s 2002 movie, The Magdalene Sisters, a fictional portrayal of several young women imprisoned in the Laundries, won the Golden Lion award, the highest prize given at the Venice Film Festival.

1938

The Sisters' was released in 1938 and directed by Anatole Litvak.

on true accounts of the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, which eventually closed in 1996 after an estimated 30,000 women had been detained

Set in 1964, THE MAGDALENE SISTERS is based on true accounts of the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, which eventually closed in 1996 after an estimated 30,000 women had been detained.

This the 2003 film set in a 1960s Irish girls school (run by nuns and priests) that focused on the brutalization of women in a strict Catholic environment

This is not like The Magdalene Sisters, the 2003 film set in a 1960s Irish girls school (run by nuns and priests) that focused on the brutalization of women in a strict Catholic environment.