Philomena

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
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[1] (France and Switzerland) 20th Century Fox[2] (United Kingdom and Ireland) The Weinstein Company[1] (United States, Canada and Spain)
Release dates	31 August 2013 (2013-08-31) (Venice) 1 November 2013 (2013-11-01) (United Kingdom) 22 November 2013 (2013-11-22) (United States) 8 January 2014 (2014-01-08) (France)
Running time	98 minutes[3]
Countries	France United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million[1]
Box office	$100.1 million[1]

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.