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Philomena

Philomena

Drama, LGBTQ, Family, Biography

Stephen Frears

Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford, Ruth McCabe, Peter Hermann, Sean Mahon, Anna Maxwell Martin, Michelle Fairley, Umi Maeda, Charlie Murphy, Kate Fleetwood

2013

UK, USA, France

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Completed

English

98 minutes

2025-03-02 14:32:25

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This film (drama)Also known asPhilomena,is aUK, USA, FranceProducerwomen sex,At2013Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish,Current Douban rating8.4(For reference only)。
In Ireland in 1952, the social atmosphere was conservative. Young woman Philomena (played by Judi Dench) was sent to a convent to do hard labor by her family after becoming pregnant out of wedlock, having only one hour a day to spend with her beloved son, Anthony. When Anthony was three years old, the nuns forcibly took him away and sent him to a foster family in America. For the next fifty years, Philomena lived in a state of longing for her son. She shared her story with a journalist named Martin (played by Steve Coogan), who decided to join her on a journey to find him. This mismatched duo, with their contrasting personalities, embarked on an adventure that was not just about a mother’s search for her son amidst hope and loss, but also a testament to friendship. Philomena gradually learns about her son's extraordinary life and the unknown secrets he kept. Can her late-blooming love reach Anthony, who has been lost to her for many years? "Philomena" is adapted from the nonfiction book "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee" by BBC reporter Martin Sixsmith, based on a true story. The film centers on a mother’s search for her son across the ocean fifty years later, wrapping a tragic tale in a comedic exterior, evoking emotions that blend laughter and tears, while giving appropriate weight to themes of homosexuality, AIDS, and homophobia. "Philomena" won the Best Screenplay award at the Venice Film Festival and the highest honor of the LGBT community, the Brokeback Lion award, and received four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture.