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The Magdalene Sisters
''The Magdalene Sisters'' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Peter Mullan, about three teenage girls who were sent to Magdalene asylums (also known as 'Magdalene Laundries') homes for women who were labelled as "fallen" by their families or society. The homes were maintained by individual religious orders in the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. Peter Mullan has remarked that the film was initially made because victims of Magdalene asylums had received no closure in the form of recognition, compensation or apology, and many remained lifelong devout Catholics. Former Magdalene inmate Mary-Jo McDonagh told Mullan that the reality of the Magdalene asylums was much worse than depicted in the film. Historians have questioned and refuted some of the depictions of these institutions in the film. Though set in Ireland, the film was shot entirely on location in Dumfries and Galloway, South-West Scotland. The film was distributed by Miramax. The convent used for the film locati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan (; born 2 November 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his role in Ken Loach's ''My Name Is Joe'' (1998), for which he won Best Actor Award at 1998 Cannes Film Festival, 2000's '' The Claim'' and all three series of the BBC comedy series '' Mum'', in which he starred as Michael. He is also winner of the World Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Breakout Performances at 2011 Sundance Film Festival for his work on Paddy Considine's ''Tyrannosaur'' (2011). Mullan has appeared as supporting or guest actor in numerous cult movies, including '' Riff-Raff'' (1991), ''Braveheart'' (1995), '' Trainspotting'' (1996), ''Session 9'' (2002), '' Young Adam'' (2003), ''Children of Men'' (2006), the final two ''Harry Potter'' films (2010–11), and '' War Horse'' (2011). Mullan is an art house movie director. He won a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for '' The Magdalene Sisters'' (2002), listed by many critics among the best films o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumfries And Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wigtownshire, the latter two of which are collectively known as Galloway. The administrative centre and largest settlement is the town of Dumfries. The second largest town is Stranraer, on the North Channel coast, some to the west of Dumfries. Following the 1975 reorganisation of local government in Scotland, the three counties were joined to form a single region of Dumfries and Galloway, with four districts within it. The districts were abolished in 1996, since when Dumfries and Galloway has been a unitary local authority. For lieutenancy purposes, the area is divided into three lieutenancy areas called Dumfries, Wigtown and the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, broadly corresponding to the three historic counties. To th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Six" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Big Three European Film Festivals, alongside the Toronto Film Festival in Canada the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia. The Festivals are internationally acclaimed for giving creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival. Founded by the National Fascist Party in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The range of work at the Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Patrick-Simpson
Chris Patrick-Simpson is a Northern Irish actor. Patrick-Simpson is best known for his role as Brendan in the film ''The Magdalene Sisters''. He has also appeared in the film ''The Boxer'', the TV Drama '' The Clinic'' and ''Fifty Dead Men Walking''. He is married and currently in Canada. Career In 2018, he guest-starred in an episode of The CW ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ... series '' Supernatural''. Filmography External links * References 1979 births Living people Male film actors from Northern Ireland Male television actors from Northern Ireland {{NorthernIreland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamonn Owens
Eamonn Owens (born 18 January 1983) is an Irish actor. He has appeared in more than 20 films since 1997. He starred in the 1997 film '' The Butcher Boy'' and his performance won him an Honourable Mention at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' The Butcher Boy'' (1997) * ''Angela's Ashes'' (1999) (this role was alongside his brother Ciaran Owens) * '' St. Patrick: The Irish Legend'' (2000) * ''The Magdalene Sisters'' (2002) * '' The Boys from County Clare'' (2003) * '' Dead Bodies'' (2003) * ''Dorothy Mills ''Dorothy Mills'', also known under the title ''Dorothy,'' is a 2008 psychological thriller mystery film directed by Agnès Merlet. Starring Carice van Houten and Jenn Murray, the film is about a psychiatrist assigned to work on the case of a ...'' (2008) References External links * 1983 births Living people Irish male film actors People from County Cavan Irish male child actors {{Ireland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis MacMahon
Phyllis MacMahon is an Irish actress. She is known for her work in films such as ''10 Rillington Place'' (1971) in which she played Muriel Eady, the first woman murdered in the film by Richard Attenborough's John Christie, ''Leo the Last'' (1970), ''I Don't Want to Be Born'' (1975), ''The Magdalene Sisters'' (2002) and ''Shaun of the Dead ''Shaun of the Dead'' is a 2004 zombie comedy film directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Simon Pegg. Pegg stars as Shaun, a downtrodden salesman in London who is caught in a zombie apocalypse with his friend Ed ( Nick Frost). The ...'' (2004). She also played an Irish nurse in John Mackenzie's '' Made'' (1972). She typically plays nuns, prostitutes or old aunts. Filmography References External links * English film actresses 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses 1935 births Living people {{UK-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Healy
Frances Healy (born 24 August 1970) is an Irish actress, comedian, radio personality, TV presenter and voice-over artist. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1999. Theatre performances include ''The First Cosmonaut'' with Blue Raincoat Theatre and ''The Candidate'' at The Beltable, Limerick; and Bewleys Café Dublin; ''The Big Beautiful Woman'', as part of Limerick City of Culture 2014; ''Desert Storm'' and ''Misterman'' at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, ''The Birds'' at The Abbey, ''Vagina Monologues'' and ''Her Big Chance'' at The Cottiers Theatre Glasgow and was part of Limericks “favourite Play” the critically acclaimed ''Alone It Stands'' by John Breen on the Australian tour. Film and television credits include ''Moone Boy'' for SKY Television, ''A Time to Dance'' (BBC), ''River City'' (BBC) ''Taggart'' (ITV), ''Camera Café'', ''Fair City'' (RTE) and ''The Magdalene Sisters'' (MIRAMAX) by Peter Mullen in which she played Sr. Jude. Healy is also a voi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora-Jane Noone
Nora-Jane Noone (born 8 March 1984) is an Irish actress. In 2020, ''The Irish Times'' ranked her 47th on its list of the greatest Irish film actors of all time. She made her screen debut in the drama film ''The Magdalene Sisters'' (2002) and had her breakthrough role in the horror film ''The Descent'' (2005), which earned Noone her first IFTA Film & Drama Award nomination. She received additional IFTA Award nominations for her roles in ''Savage'' (2009) and ''Wildfire'' (2020). Early life and education Noone grew up in Upper Newcastle, Galway City. She trained for two years at the Performing Arts School in Galway, and is a proficient musician (piano to Grade 7 level) and dancer. Her previous acting role before ''The Magdalene Sisters'' was as Jan in a secondary school production of ''Grease''. She graduated in 2004 from NUI Galway with a degree in Science, and then moved to London. She met her husband Chris Marquette on the set of the film 'I Hate the Man in My Basement' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex In A Cold Climate
''Sex in a Cold Climate'' is a 1998 Irish documentary film detailing the mistreatment of " fallen women" in the Magdalene laundries in Ireland. It was produced and directed by Steve Humphries and narrated by Dervla Kirwan. It was used as a source for the 2002 film, ''The Magdalene Sisters''.Smith, James M."The Magdalene Sisters: Evidence, Testimony . . . Action?" ''Sings'', Winter 2007 The film was produced by Testimony Films and aired on Channel 4 in March 1998. Film content The documentary interviews four women, three of whom were incarcerated in Magdalene asylums in Ireland: Brigid Young is the only one of the four women interviewed who never experienced a laundry, but she grew up in an adjoining orphanage in Limerick. She recalls how a priest masturbated on her dress in confession, then walked away as if nothing had happened, and how she was too inexperienced to know what had happened. Phyllis Valentine was sent from her orphanage in County Clare to an asylum in Galway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anorexia
Anorexia nervosa, often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. ''Anorexia'' is a term of Greek origin: ''an-'' (ἀν-, prefix denoting negation) and ''orexis'' (ὄρεξις, "appetite"), translating literally to "a loss of appetite"; the adjective ''nervosa'' indicating the functional and non-organic nature of the disorder. ''Anorexia nervosa'' was coined by Gull in 1873 but, despite literal translation, the feeling of hunger is frequently present and the pathological control of this instinct is a source of satisfaction for the patients. Individuals with anorexia nervosa have a fear of being overweight or being seen as such, although they are in fact underweight. The DSM-5 describes this perceptual symptom as "disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced". In research and clinical settings, this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Household Appliance
A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions such as cooking, cleaning and food preservation. Appliances are divided into three types: small appliances, major appliances (also known as white goods) and consumer electronics (brown goods). Definition Given a broad usage, the domestic application attached to home appliance is tied to the definition of appliance as "an instrument or device designed for a particular use or function". More specifically, Collins English Dictionary defines "home appliance" as: "devices or machines, usually electrical, that are in your home and which you use to do jobs such as cleaning or cooking". The broad usage, afforded to the definition allows for nearly any device intended for domestic use to be a home appliance, including consumer electronics as well as stoves, refrigerators, toasters and air conditioners. History While many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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