Nov 01, 2013
98 min
Full-HD

Philomena (2013)

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

Category

Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Baby Cow Productions BBC Film Magnolia Mae Films BFI Pathe

Judi Dench

Philomena

Steve Coogan

Martin Sixsmith

Sophie Kennedy Clark

Young Philomena

Mare Winningham

Mary Hess

Barbara Jefford

Sister Hildegarde

Ruth McCabe

Mother Barbara

Peter Hermann

Pete Olsson

Sean Mahon

Michael Hess

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