Philomena

Philomena
Philomena
Directed by	Stephen Frears
Screenplay by	Steve Coogan; Jeff Pope;
Based on	The Lost Child of Philomena Lee; by Martin Sixsmith
Produced by	Gabrielle Tana; Steve Coogan; Tracey Seaward;
Starring	Judi Dench; Steve Coogan;
Cinematography	Robbie Ryan
Edited by	Valerio Bonelli
Music by	Alexandre Desplat
Production; companies	Pathé; BBC Films; BFI; Yucaipa Films; Canal+; Ciné+; Baby Cow Productions; Magnolia Mae Films;
Distributed by	Pathé Distribution (France and Switzerland); 20th Century Fox (United Kingdom and Ireland); The Weinstein Company (United States, Canada and Spain);
Release dates	31 August 2013 (Venice); 1 November 2013 (United Kingdom); 22 November 2013 (United States); 8 January 2014 (France);
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	France; United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$100.1 million

Philomena is a 2013 British drama movie directed by Stephen Frears, based on the 2009 non-fiction book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by journalist Martin Sixsmith. The movie is about a news journalist who has just lost his job as Labour government adviser. The journalist meets an elderly Irish woman who has been searching for her son for 50 years and tries to help her find him. In the movie, Judi Dench plays Philomena Lee and Steve Coogan plays Martin. The movie’s screenplay was written by Coogan and Jeff Pope.

Philomena got positive reviews from critics and won several international film awards. Coogan and Jeff Pope won Best Screenplay at the 70th Venice International Film Festival,^[4]^[5]^[6] while the movie was also awarded the People's Choice Award Runner-Up prize at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The movie was nominated for four Oscars at the 86th Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress (for Dench), and Best Original Score. It was also nominated for four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

References

1 2 3 4 "Philomena (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
↑ "20th Century FOX UK - Philomena". Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
↑ "Philomena (12A)". Pathé. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
↑ "La Biennale di Venezia - Venezia 70". www.labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
↑ "Venice film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
↑ "La Biennale di Venezia - Official Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". www.labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

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[mojo-1] 1 2 3 4 "Philomena (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

[2] "20th Century FOX UK - Philomena". Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.

[BBFC-3] "Philomena (12A)". Pathé. British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[4] "La Biennale di Venezia - Venezia 70". www.labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

[5] "Venice film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

[6] "La Biennale di Venezia - Official Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". www.labiennale.org. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

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