TY - GEN AU - AU - AU - AU - AU - AU - AU - AU - ED - ED - TI - The Magdalene Sisters: based on true events AV - PN1997.2 .M34 2004 PY - 2004///] CY - [New York], Burbank, Calif. PB - Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, , Miramax Home Entertainment KW - Catholic Church KW - Drama KW - Ireland KW - Reformatories for women KW - Drama. KW - Women|xInstitutional care KW - Women KW - Crimes against KW - Historical films N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2002; "Inspired by the documentary 'Sex in a cold climate'"; Special features: "Sex in a cold climate" original documentary (1997; 50 min.) / Testimony Films for Channel Four ; producer [and director], Steve Humphries ; narrator,Dervia Kirwan; Margaret -- Bernadette -- Rose -- Prayer, cleanliness and hard work -- The first night -- "No talking" -- No Home --A holy telephone -- Removing temptation -- Between right and wrong -- Demeaning games -- Falling ill -- "I wanted to die" -- A glimpse of the outside -- Keeping a promise - "Not a man of God" -- A liberating Christmas -- All they care about -- "We have to go"; MPAA rating: R; for violence/cruelty, nudity, sexual content and language N2 - A group of four young Irish women are forced to enter into a "Magdalen laundry", a Catholic reformatory where they are physically, psychologically, and sexually abused. ER -