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In the 50's and 60's in Ireland, young women who were considered "fallen women" in the eyes of the Catholic Church were sent to church-run asylums to be "cured". The cure consisted of manual hard labor such as doing laundry for which the church got paid, and being constantly degraded and physically and mentally abused by the nuns who ran the asylums. This excellent 2002 film set in 1964 tells of one such place, and highlights four of the women.

One girl is sent after becoming pregnant out of wedlock, another after being raped by a cousin, the third because she is too flirtatious, and the fourth because she is mentally handicapped and got pregnant. Once there, their lives become a living hell.

This movie is completely fact-based, and while some may view it as anti-Catholic, these things did happen. The DVD producers included a documentary made at the time which features interviews with women who were in these institutions. This is an excellent although unpleasant movie which will certainly get your attention.