Film Censured by Catholics Wins Top Venice Prize
A film that deals in part with the alleged mistreatment of Irish convent women by the Catholic Church has won the Golden Lion award, the top prize of the Venice Film Festival. In accepting the award Sunday night, British director Peter Mullan said that the film, The Magdalene Sisters, was not just about Catholicism. "It's about all ... fundamental faiths who think they have the right to oppress young women." The Vatican newspaper 'L'Osservatore Romano has condemned the movie. http://us.imdb.com/Details?0318411 Might be worth a look. The film stars Geraldine McKewan, "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" and "Mapp and Lucia". I'm sure she makes a wonderful cruel nun. ~Kevin
