• Director(s)

    Margo Harkin

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    03/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    107m

  • Cast

    Abhishek Banerjee, Harish Khanna, Mia Maelzer

Film

Stolen

references to sexual violence & domestic abuse, infrequent strong language

This sobering documentary explores the haunting history of scandals in mother and baby institutions across Ireland. Survivors relate experiences of child sex abuse, child deaths, forced adoptions, and other cruelties.…

This sobering documentary explores the haunting history of scandals in mother and baby institutions across Ireland. Survivors relate experiences of child sex abuse, child deaths, forced adoptions, and other cruelties.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

sexual violence and sexual threat

theme

threat and horror

  • Director(s)

    Margo Harkin

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    03/11/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    107m

  • Cast

    Abhishek Banerjee, Harish Khanna, Mia Maelzer

references to sexual violence & domestic abuse, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
23/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Wildcard Distribution Limited
violence
Survivors refer to the physical abuse they were subjected to as young girls and women by their adoptive and foster families.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit' and 'God').
sex
Mention of sexual relationships are not detailed.
discrimination
Recollections are made to the sexist attitudes underpinning the treatment of women in Ireland throughout the 20th Century, particularly in relation to the curtailment of sexual freedom as influenced by the Catholic Church.
drugs
A person briefly recalls taking an overdose.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to various forms of sexual violence, such as rape, including a woman's recollections of being groomed by a man when she was a minor. Other forms of physical and emotional abuse are also discussed, but none of these recollections are graphic in detail.
theme
There are references to the mistreatment of children leading to their deaths, as well as recollections about the discovery of child remains in various sites across Ireland. Emotional testimonies recall the inhumane treatment of pregnant women, and the cruel policies that forced young mothers to give up their children for adoption, fostering and even for trafficking purposes. Such harrowing recollections are balanced by the determined voices of those who are fighting for justice.

  • Classified date

    23/10/2023

  • Language

    English