Philomena Lee
I forgive you because I don't want to remain angry.
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I did not abandon my child, he was taken away from me.
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Martin
Philomena, how are you?
Philomena
I had a hip replacement last year, Martin, titanium, so it won't rust.
Martin
Otherwise I'd have to oil you like the tin man
Philomena
Is that right?
Martin
Oh no!
Jane
He's just joking, mom.
Philomena
I only want to know if he's all right.
Martin
Perhaps these older nuns can help us with some of the details.
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Sister
I don't think that's going to be possible… You're a journalist.
Martin
I used to be.
Philomena
Martin's a Roman Catholic.
Martin
Yes, well no, I used to be.
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Martin
My guess is that Anthony was adopted and sent to America.
Philomena
I think I would like to go. I'd like to know if Anthony ever thought of me. I thought of him everyday.
Martin
Shall we go for a walk? Get rid of the jet lag? You said you wanted to visit the Lincoln Memorial.
Philomena
We could go and see Mr. Lincoln or we could watch on television 'Big Momma's House.' It's about a little black man pretending to be a fat black lady. They just showed some of it on the television and they'll all chasing after him. It looked hilarious, Martin!
Philomena
Who's this fellow?
Marcia
That's his friend Pete.
Philomena
And were you his girlfriend, Marcia?
Marcia
No, I don't know if you knew but he was gay. I used to accompany him when he used to go to official functions because being gay was frowned on in the Republican Party. But he was very charming and charismatic.
Philomena
Tell me, did he father any children?
Martin
Philomena, Marcia has just told us that Anthony was gay.
Philomena
Well I always knew that but I just wondered if he might be bi-curious.
Martin
Bi-curious?
Philomena
A lot of the nurses I worked with were gay but one of them called Brenden told me he was bi-curious. I don't think he could make up his mind, Marcia.
Marcia
He didn't have any children. I'm sorry.
Philomena
Now we're getting closer, all these years wondering if Anthony was in trouble or prison or goodness knows where. But as long as I didn't know I could always tell myself he was happy somewhere and that he was doing all right.
Martin
Don't upset yourself.
Philomena
What if he was obese?
Martin
Obese?
Philomena
I watched this documentary that says a lot of Americans are huge. What if that happened to him?
Martin
What on earth makes you think he'd be obese?
Philomena
Because of the size of the portions!
Mary
And that's him with Pete Olsson. Mike and Pete were…
Philomena
That's all right, Mary. I know Anthony was a gay homosexual and we met Marcia who I believe was his beard. Is that right, Martin?
Martin
Yes, that's about right.
Philomena
Must have been terrible, having to keep it a secret his whole life.
Martin
I always wondered why God kills hundreds of thousands of people everyday. You should ask him about that while you're in there. He would probably say, he moves in mysterious ways.
Philomena
[angry]
No, I think, he'd say you are a **** idiot.
Philomena
Sister Hildegarde, I want you to know that I forgive you.
Martin Sixsmith
What? Just like that?
Philomena
Its not 'just like that'... it's hard. That's hard for me. But I don't want to hate people. I don't want to be like you... Look at you.
Martin Sixsmith
I'm angry.
Philomena
Must be exhausting.