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Philomena

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In Judi Dench
…starred alongside Steve Coogan in Philomena (2013), based on the true story of a woman’s search for a child she had given up for adoption in her youth. She earned another Oscar nomination for best actress for her work on that film.
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Philomena (2013) was based on the true story of a woman searching for a child she gave up for adoption in her youth. The Program (2015) depicts a journalist’s quest to prove that competitive cyclist Lance Armstrong (Ben Foster), who won seven Tour de France…
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