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Philomena: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham. 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.
Philomena and Martin (Steve Coogan) discuss God and religion quite a bit. Philomena starts off full of faith, then at one point rushes out of confession in an act seemingly of disavowal, and then later castigates Martin for his atheistic views and his (justified) anger at the nuns.
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.
Still feeling the pain of giving up her only child as an unmarried teenage mother, Philomena and Martin set off on a quest to find her son, starting off from her hometown of Washington, D.C., and then, to the convent where Philomena spent four years of her life.
Philomena (2013) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cunk on Earth: With Diane Morgan, Jim Al-Khalili, Shirley J. Thompson, Douglas Hedley. Follows Philomena Cunk as she comically tells the story of our greatest inventions and asks experts hard-hitting questions about humanity's progress.
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Diane Morgan was born on 5 October 1975 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Me Before You (2016), Alan Partridge (2013) and Mandy (2019).
A woman discusses having sex briefly. Two young people are shown in a flashback kissing. There is a semi-graphic birthing scene. A character has a sexually transmitted disease and it's discussed briefly, A woman talks about her memories of intercourse but briefly.
Directed three Oscar Best Picture nominees: Dangerous Liaisons (1988), The Queen (2006) and Philomena (2013). These movies were also at least nominated for Best Screenplay, and Best Actress for Glenn Close , Helen Mirren (who won) and Judi Dench respectively.
