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After establishing the circumstances surrounding the birth of Philomena's son, Anthony—including a fairground interlude with a handsome lad who unknowingly becomes a father, and a Mother Superior who refuses her any medical relief during an excruciating breech birth ("Pain is her penance," she declares)—the movie concentrates on bringing together Philomena and Coogan's snobby Oxford-educated journalist Martin Sixsmith, who's been booted from his lofty post as an political adviser and reduced to doing human interest stories. Though he would rather be writing a book on Russian history, he offers to help locate Anthony in return for writing an article based on her experiences.