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Philomena
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Stephen Frears
Casts & Crew
Judi Dench
Steve Coogan
Sophie Kennedy Clark
Mare Winningham
Barbara Jefford
Ruth McCabe
Peter Hermann
Sean Mahon
Anna Maxwell Martin
Michelle Fairley
Wunmi Mosaku
Amy McAllister
Charlie Murphy
Cathy Belton
Kate Fleetwood
Charissa Shearer
Nika McGuigan
Rachel Wilcock
Rita Hamill
Tadhg Bowen
Saoirse Bowen
Harrison D'Ampney
D.J. McGrath
Simone Lahbib
Sara Stewart
Gary Lilburn
Charles Edwards
Nicholas Jones
Paris Arrowsmith
Marie Jones
Frankie McCafferty
Vaughn Johseph
George Fisher
Jordan King
Amber Batty
Martin Glyn Murray
Florence Keith-Roach
George Michael Rados
Elliot Levey
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Thirteen filmmakers talk about Henri Langlois and their relationship with him.
A program of short films from some of the cinema's greatest diectors. Curated by Emir Kusturica and Stephen Frears. - George Lucas "1.42.08 to Qualify" (1966) - Ridley Scott "A Boy and a Bicycle" (1965) - Robert Zemeckis "The Lift" (1972) - Tony Scott "One of the Missing" (1969) - Emir Kusturica "Guernica" (1978) - Luc Besson "L'avant dernier" (1981) - Lars von Trier "Nocturne" (1980) - Terry Gilliam "Storytime" (1968) - Paul Verhoeven "A Lizzard Too Much" (1960) - Roman Polanski "Le gros et le maigre" (1960) - Jane Campion "Peel" (1982) - Stephen Frears "The Burning" (1967)
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