
Philomena(2013)
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.


A broken family is forced to come together when 16-year-old Finn and his livewire younger brother Charlie run away from trouble at home in England to reach their estranged grandfather on Ireland’s stunning and wild west coast.

Bill Nighy

Roman Griffin Davis
Finn

Dexter Sol Ansell
Charlie

Clare Dunne

Michael Socha

Maisie Williams

Eoin Duffy
Ben

Deirdre Monaghan
Molly

David Ryan
Josh

Harleen Sahota
Sasha
500 Miles is a drama film released in 2026 exploring themes of based on novel or book, road trip, ireland, broken family, teen runaway. Directed by Morgan Matthews, it stars Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis, Dexter Sol Ansell. A broken family is forced to come together when 16-year-old Finn and his livewire younger brother Charlie run away from trouble at home in England to reach their estranged grandfather on Ireland’s stunning and wild west coast.
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