I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
Directed byClaude Miller
Nathan Miller
Screenplay byClaude Miller
Nathan Miller
Emmanuel Carrère
Alain Le Henry
Produced byJean-Louis Livi
Jacques Audiard
Alain Vannier
StarringVincent Rottiers
Sophie Cattani
Christine Citti
CinematographyAurélien Devaux
Edited byMorgane Spacagna
Production
companies
France 3 Cinéma
F Comme Film
Orly Films
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Distributed byMetropolitan Filmexport
Release date
  • 30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.3 million
Box office$385.000[1]

I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (French: Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante) is a 2009 French film directed by Claude Miller and Nathan Miller. It is based on an article by Emmanuel Carrère.

Plot

Thomas, an adopted teenager and uncomfortable, goes in search of his past to understand why his mother abandoned him and his brother when he was 4 years old. He searches for his mother without telling either his brother or his adoptive parents. He then discovers that she is no longer with her biological father, that she had a third son with another man, and that she now lives alone with her other son.

Cast

Production

The movie was presented in several festival like the Montreal World Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival, the Festival do Rio, the São Paulo International Film Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.[2]

Critical reception

The film was well received by the critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 92% of 13 critics gave the film a positive review, for an average rating of 7.4/10.[3]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2009 Montreal World Film Festival Best Screenplay Alain Le Henry Won
Grand Prix des Amériques Claude Miller & Nathan Miller Nominated
2010 César Award Most Promising Actor Vincent Rottiers Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante (2009)". JPBox-Office.
  2. ↑ "I'm Glad My Mother is Alive (2009) - IMDb".
  3. ↑ "I'm Glad My Mother is Alive (2009)".


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