Philomena

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British drama film film

Philomena is a 2013 British drama film, based on a true story, that follows an Irish woman’s decades-long search for the son taken from her by a Catholic institution, starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan.

Aliases (1)

The Lost Child of Philomena Lee ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British drama film → film →
awardNominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actress → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Original Score → Academy Award for Best Picture →
basedOn	The Lost Child of Philomena Lee → true story →
basedOnAuthor	Martin Sixsmith →
basedOnWorkType	book →
castMember	Barbara Jefford NERFINISHED → Judi Dench → Mare Winningham → Michelle Fairley → Peter Hermann → Ruth McCabe → Sean Mahon → Sophie Kennedy Clark → Steve Coogan →
cinematographyBy	Robbie Ryan →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
director	Stephen Frears →
distributor	Pathé → The Weinstein Company →
editedBy	Valerio Bonelli →
festivalAwardWon	People’s Choice Award Runner-Up at Toronto International Film Festival →
festivalScreening	Venice Film Festival →
follows	Irish woman’s search for her son →
genre	drama film →
leadCharacter	Philomena Lee →
leadCharacterPortrayedBy	Judi Dench →
musicBy	Alexandre Desplat NERFINISHED →
originalLanguage	English →
plotTheme	Catholic institutions → adoption → mother–son relationship →
producer	Gabrielle Tana → Steve Coogan → Tracey Seaward →
productionCompany	BBC Films → Baby Cow Productions → Pathé →
releaseDateUK	2013-11-01 →
releaseYear	2013 →
runtimeMinutes	98 →
screenwriter	Jeff Pope → Steve Coogan →
setInCountry	Ireland → United States →
starring	Judi Dench → Steve Coogan →
supportingCharacter	Martin Sixsmith →
supportingCharacterPortrayedBy	Steve Coogan →
title	Philomena →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Judi Dench → Steve Coogan → The Weinstein Company →	notableWork
Philomena ("The Lost Child of Philomena Lee") →	basedOn
Philomena →	title