Philomena

Locations
Call Number: Blu-ray Drama Philomena
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark.
In 1952, a young Philomena was sent to the convent of Roscrea in Ireland after giving birth to her first child. When her son became a toddler, the nuns sent him to America for adoption. Philomena then spent the next fifty years seeking for him in vain.
Blu-ray, widescreen; requires Blu-ray player; Dolby Digital.
Contents: Lost child of Philomena Lee.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Philomena submitted by SBNB on July 5, 2015, 2:54pm Moving. Incredibly sad. It's unconscionable what those nuns did. It's an amazing story but so horrible that it's true.

Philomena submitted by leenajong on July 23, 2015, 3:16pm Sad.

Touching submitted by yenkong on August 13, 2017, 7:52pm So touching, so real.

Loved it! submitted by Xris on August 19, 2021, 11:56pm I loved that they took a true story and made it into this film. I read The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys, which was about children being sold by nuns to Americans, but from Spain. So this movie intrigued me in the same way as that book, why people do some things. It's amazing that they found Philomena's son and how it came full circle. Great movie!