Philomena

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA, France

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (67380 Reviews)

Director:

Stephen Frears

Genres:

Biography Drama

Cast:

Judi Dench Steve Coogan Sophie Kennedy Clark Mare Winningham

Writer:

Steve Coogan (screenplay)

Jeff Pope (screenplay)

Martin Sixsmith (book)

Fullplot:

When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin arranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged.

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