Nominated for four Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Actress), Philomena is the true story of one mother’s search for her lost son. Falling pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent of Roscrea to be looked after as a “fallen woman”. When her baby was only a toddler, he was taken away by the nuns for adoption in America.
After fifty years searching for him in vain, Philomena (Judi Dench) meets Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), a world weary journalist as cynical as Philomena is trusting. Together they embark on a journey of discovery, revealing the extraordinary life of Philomena’s son. Warm, witty and compassionate, and featuring a powerhouse performance from Judi Dench, Philomena is not to be missed.
Philomena is available to own on DVD and Blu-ray from April 30th, and thanks to Entertainment One Australia we have 5 DVD copies to give away to Australian readers. To go into the draw for this giveaway, email your name and address to
sarah@trespassmag.com by May 6th. Please remember to put ‘Philomena‘ in the subject line of the email. Only one entry per person will be accepted.
