RUNNING TIME: 1:38
RELEASE DATE: January 2, 2014
STARRING: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark
DIRECTOR: Stephen Frears
PRODUCER(S): Steve Coogan
WRITER(S): Steve Coogan
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, 'PHILOMENA' focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock - something her Irish-Catholic community didn't have the highest opinion of - and given away for adoption in the United States. In following church doctrine, she was forced to sign a contract that wouldn't allow for any sort of inquiry into the son's whereabouts. After starting a family years later in England and, for the most part, moving on with her life, Lee meets Sixsmith (Coogan), a BBC reporter with whom she decides to discover her long-lost son.