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MOTHER SUPERIOR Geraldine McEwen escorts Dorothy Duffy, Nora-Jane Noone, and Anne-Marie Duff

In the mid-1960s, a group of Irish Catholic women are interned at a convent/labor camp for their perceived sins of the flesh. Actor-director Peter Mullan's fact-based drama caused controversy -- and won awards -- at 2002's Toronto and Venice film festivals.


Posted Apr 17, 2003 | Published in issue #706-707 Apr 25, 2003 | Order Article Reprints