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Nov 21, 2013 · Stephen Frears’s “Philomena” follows a Irishwoman forced to give up her son for adoption in the 1950s and the freelance reporter who helps her search for him.
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Nov 22, 2013 · The Times critic Stephen Holden reviews “Philomena.”
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Nov 22, 2013 · 5 min read. “Philomena” is based on a true story about an elderly Irish woman searching for the toddler son she gave up for adoption as an unwed teen living in a convent. Most of its pleasures come from the way it confounds expectations.
Nov 22, 2013 · 1 h 38 m. Summary A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent. Biography. Comedy. Drama.
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Dec 20, 2013 · One film critic for The New York Post accused the film of being an attack on the Catholic Church, a charge Philomena Lee, now 80 and living in London, has vigorously disputed.
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The film stars Judi Dench as Philomena Lee, an elderly woman who has been searching for her son for 50 years, and Sixsmith's (Steve Coogan) efforts to help her find him. The film gained critical praise and received several international film awards.
