Magdalen
1998, English. Directed by Andrew Repasky McElhinney.
"A gossipy meditation on art, drinking, smoking and screwing."
Magdalen is a tavern Scheherazade, a prostitute who sells stories in a seedy Philadelphia dive bar. Her clients include Mr. Jones, an angry black businessman who wants to hear the same graphic, sexual fantasy every night; Jace, a droll, Mishima-loving slacker/writer looking for an ending to his novel; Phil, a precocious skater-boy who wants to understand his dead father; and Edward, a shy 53-year-old virgin looking for love. Alix D. Smith is Magdalen McElhinney, a tough, brainy femme noir, whose name suggests that the film's director is the father she talks about obsessively. Littered with literary and cinematic allusions, the film's narrators make Magdalen part Warholian confessional and part Brechtian taproom comedy.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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- Released
- 18 August 1998
- Written by
- Andrew Repasky McElhinney
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Magdalen runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
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Magdalen is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
Which OTT platform is Magdalen on?
Magdalen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 August 1998. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Magdalen?
If you liked Magdalen, try The Naked City, The Locket, Framed.
Who directed Magdalen?
Magdalen (1998) was directed by Andrew Repasky McElhinney and stars Alix D. Smith, David Semonin, David Semonin.