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Cinema

Philomena is Dame Judi’s film

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

2 November 2013

9:00 AM

Philomena

12A, Nationwide

Philomena is based on the true story of an Irish woman searching for the son stolen from her by the Catholic Church 50 years earlier, and although, as a cinematic experience, it could so easily have felt as if you were being repeatedly slapped round the head by a copy of Woman’s Own, it is, thankfully, quite a few notches up from that.

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