Philomena (2013) Netflix US

Philomena

Based on real events, Philomena Lee, an Irish teenager who lived in a nun boarding school, became pregnant and was forced to give her son up for adoption. Fifty years later, she decides to tell her daughter and contact a BBC journalist to help her tell her story and find her son.

Actors: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark

Director: Stephen Frears

Runtime: 98 min

Genres: Biography, Drama, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 6.7 /10 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10

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