![]() ![]() ![]() Peter Mullan's (2002) film is based primarily upon the TV documentary 'Sex in a Cold Climate' by Steve Humphries which was first aired on RTE (Ireland) and BBC (England) in 1998. Reviewed by john-3109 10 / 10 Dirty washing in public As the girls bond together, it soon becomes clear that the only way out of the Magdalene convent is to escape, but with twisted Sister Bridget running the wing, any chances seem limited.-Anonymous Here, young girls are imprisoned indefinitely and endure agonizing punishments and a long, harsh working system which leaves them physically drained and mentally damaged. The asylum, one of many that existed in theocratic Catholic Ireland, is for supposedly 'fallen' women. One of many like institutions, the asylums are run like prisons and young girls are forced to do workhouse laundry and hard labor. ![]() A thoroughly mind-provoking film about 3 young women who, under tragic circumstances, see themselves cast away to a Magdalene Asylum for young women in 1964. ![]()
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