Judi Dench, Steve Coogan in “Philomena” hit Venice drama trailer (video)

 September 30, 2013 - 20:29 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Philomena has released a U.S. trailer, Digital Spy said.

The film stars Dame Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in the true story of a woman's search for her lost son.

Coogan portrays former BBC journalist Martin Sixsmith, who is convinced to go against character and take on a human interest story.

He meets Philomena Lee (Dench), an Irish woman who was forcibly parted from her illegitimate son years before. He agrees to join her on a trip to the U.S. to find her child.

Director Stephen Frears's film also features Michelle Fairley, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham and Charles Edwards.

The movie was adapted from Sixsmith's book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee.

Dench was last seen in Skyfall. Coogan recently reprised his most famous role in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.

Philomena will open in UK cinemas on November 1 and arrive in the U.S. on December 25.