In Ireland in the 60's, three young women, one of them raped by her cousin, the second one a single mother and the third one a flirting and rebel student, are sent by their parents to the Magdalene Sisters Asylum. Although being administrated by nuns, they find exploitation, forced labor, sexual abuse, sadism, all the sort of maleficence in the place.
First of all, I would like to explain that I am not religious, but I did not like this movie. In the cover of the DVD, it is written that this story is based on true facts. In the end of the movie, it is explained that 30,000 Irish girls were sent to places like this asylum called laundry, and the last "laundry" in Ireland was closed in 1996. However, this overrated movie seems to me very exaggerated and manipulative, with many insinuations of greed, sexual abuse and unusual situations, since the place looks like a prison, or a concentration camp, and the nuns look like the character "Ilsa" in a convent. The performances are excellent, but the story is similar to a common movie of women prison, showing all the usual sadism, only this time "in the name of God". My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Em Nome de Deus" ("In the Name of God")
First of all, I would like to explain that I am not religious, but I did not like this movie. In the cover of the DVD, it is written that this story is based on true facts. In the end of the movie, it is explained that 30,000 Irish girls were sent to places like this asylum called laundry, and the last "laundry" in Ireland was closed in 1996. However, this overrated movie seems to me very exaggerated and manipulative, with many insinuations of greed, sexual abuse and unusual situations, since the place looks like a prison, or a concentration camp, and the nuns look like the character "Ilsa" in a convent. The performances are excellent, but the story is similar to a common movie of women prison, showing all the usual sadism, only this time "in the name of God". My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Em Nome de Deus" ("In the Name of God")