Philomena (Original title)
Dates: 2013 (Copyright), 01 November 2013 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USA, FranceDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Drama based on a true story. Philomena, an elderly Irish Catholic woman decides to find her son more than fifty years after she was forced, as an unmarried mother, to give him up for adoption. Following a chance encounter at a friend’s party, Martin Sixsmith, a former BBC journalist, agrees to meet Philomena to hear her story and together they embark on a journey that takes them from a convent in rural Ireland to Washington DC.
Genres: Drama, Biopic
Subjects: Adoption, Tracing relations, Catholic Church, Magdalene asylums, Journalism
Releases
Date: 01 November 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 97 mins 40 secs - Length: 8790 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Pathe Distribution
Date: February 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Author: Parks, Presley Pages: xxxix, 830 pages
Title: ironic filmmaking of Stephen Frears
Author: BRILL, Lesley Pages: vi, 256 pages
Dates: 2013 (Copyright), 01 November 2013 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USA, FranceDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Drama based on a true story. Philomena, an elderly Irish Catholic woman decides to find her son more than fifty years after she was forced, as an unmarried mother, to give him up for adoption. Following a chance encounter at a friend’s party, Martin Sixsmith, a former BBC journalist, agrees to meet Philomena to hear her story and together they embark on a journey that takes them from a convent in rural Ireland to Washington DC.
Genres: Drama, Biopic
Subjects: Adoption, Tracing relations, Catholic Church, Magdalene asylums, Journalism
Releases
Date: 01 November 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 1.85:1Runtime: 97 mins 40 secs - Length: 8790 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Pathe Distribution
Date: February 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
Title: Stephen Frears: interviewsAuthor: Parks, Presley Pages: xxxix, 830 pages
Title: ironic filmmaking of Stephen Frears
Author: BRILL, Lesley Pages: vi, 256 pages