Judi Dench leads this UK drama directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), the true story of a single mother in...
Judi Dench leads this UK drama directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen), the true story of a single mother in search for her adult son, separated after a Christian community forced them apart decades ago. Co-starring and co-written by Steve Coogan, adapting the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith.
Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee (Dench) was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a "fallen woman". When her baby was only a toddler, he was whisked away by the nuns to America for adoption. Philomena spent the next 50 years searching for him in vain. Then she met Martin Sixsmith (Coogan), a world-weary BBC journalist as cynical as Philomena was trusting. Together they set off for America, forging a bond themselves, to try and find Philomena's son.
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- Award winner
- Best Adapted Screenplay, BAFTAs 2014; Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival 2013
- Runtime
- 94
- Genre
- Drama, True Story & Biography
- Country of origin
- UK