History Trivia / Philomena

** In a case of PlayingAgainstType, Jeffords plays the uptight, censorious, angrily anti-sex Sister Hildegarde, when her most famous role is as the relaxed and very sensual Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of ''{{Literature/Ulysses}}''.

* Sixsmith is really an older [[Film/TheParoleOfficer officer Simon Garden]] down to every awkward joke and trivia finding.

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Sister Hildegard was played by veteran actress Barbara Jefford. In the 1968 film ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'', Jefford played a doctor who has a chance encounter with the (fictional) [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] himself and then asks for his views about her marital problems. Though Jefford's casting in ''Philomena'' is coincidental and not a case of ActorAllusion nor CastingGag.

* Sister Hildegard was played by veteran actress Barbara Jefford. In the 1968 film ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'', Jefford played a doctor who has a chance encounter with the (fictional) [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] himself and then asks for his views about her marital problems. Though Jefford's casting in ''Philomena'' is coincidental and not a case of ActorAllusion nor CastingGag.

** In a case of PlayingAgainstType, Jeffords plays the uptight, censorious, angrily anti-sex Sister Hildegarde, when her most famous role is as the relaxed and very sensual Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of ''{{Literature/Ulysses}}''.

* Sister Hildegard was played by Barbara Jefford. In the 1968 film ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'', Jefford played a doctor who has a chance encounter with the (fictional) [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] and then asks for his views about her marital problems. Though Jefford's casting is coincidental and not a case of ActorAllusion.

* Sister Hildegard was played by Barbara Jefford. In the 1968 film ''The Shoes of the Fisherman'', Jefford played a doctor who has a chance encounter with the (fictional) [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] and then asks for his views about her marital problems. Though Jefford's casting is coincidental and not a case of ActorAllusion.

* CorruptChurch: RealLife example of yet another tragedy out of the systematic brutalization of Irish women in so-called "homes" for unmarried mothers. This came out in 2013, when the facts about places like Sean Ross Abbey had been heavily publicized, yet Catholic critics blasted the book and film and called them completely false. Sixsmith [[http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child explained exactly what he found]] in the course of the search for Anthony-Michael.

* CorruptChurch: RealLife example of yet another tragedy out of the systematic brutalization of Irish women in so-called "homes" for unmarried mothers. This came out in 2013, when the facts about places like Sean Ross Abbey had been heavily publicized, yet Catholic critics blasted the book and film and called them completely false. Sixsmith [http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/19/catholic-church-sold-child explained exactly what he found] in the course of the search for Anthony-Michael.

* Sixsmith is really an older [[Film/TheParoleOfficer officer Simon Garden]] down to every awkward joke and trivia finding.

* The journalist is really an older [[Film/TheParoleOfficer officer Simon Garden]] down to every awkward joke and trivia finding.

* The journalist is really an older [[Film/TheParoleOfficer officer]] Simon Garden down to every awkward joke.

* The journalist is really an older Film/ParoleOfficer Simon Garden down to every awkward joke.

* DawsonCasting: Minor, unusual example. Dench actually is the same age as Philomena in real life. However, given how this takes place in 2004, 50 years after Lee gives birth to Anthony, the oldest she could be in the film would be around 68, whereas Dench was around 78 during filming.