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Philomena

Name: Philomena
Director: Stephen Frears
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

2013 · Directed by Stephen Frears · 98 min · Drama · 9 frames

Tagline

These two unlikely companions are on a journey to find her long lost son.

Crew

Screenplay: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Edited by: Valerio Bonelli
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Production design: Alan MacDonald
Produced by: Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Gabrielle Tana

Cast

Judi Dench as Philomena
Steve Coogan as Martin Sixsmith
Sophie Kennedy Clark as Young Philomena
Mare Winningham as Mary Hess
Barbara Jefford as Sister Hildegarde
Ruth McCabe as Mother Barbara
Peter Hermann as Pete Olsson
Sean Mahon as Michael Hess
Anna Maxwell Martin as Jane
Michelle Fairley as Sally Mitchell

Production

Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Studios: Baby Cow Productions, BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, BFI
Budget: $12,000,000
Box office: $100,100,000
Themes: journalist, london, england, washington dc, usa, based on novel or book, nurse, faith, forgiveness, orphanage, adoption, based on true story

More by Stephen Frears

My Beautiful Laundrette — 1985
The Queen — 2006
The Grifters — 1990
The Hit — 1984
High Fidelity — 2000
Florence Foster Jenkins — 2016
Tamara Drewe — 2010
Dangerous Liaisons — 1988
The Lost King — 2022

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