Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Mare Winningham. As a pregnant teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena was packed off to a convent for fallen women. There she gave birth and raised her child for 3 years, until the Catholic Church stole her baby and sold him to an adoption agency in America. She would secretly spend the next 50 years searching for him, little knowing he was still searching for her. Directed by Stephen Frears. 2013/color/98 min/PG-13/widescreen.