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.
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive | |
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Directed by | Claude Miller Nathan Miller |
Screenplay by | Claude Miller Nathan Miller Emmanuel Carrère Alain Le Henry |
Produced by | Jean-Louis Livi Jacques Audiard Alain Vannier |
Starring | Vincent Rottiers Sophie Cattani Christine Citti |
Cinematography | Aurélien Devaux |
Edited by | Morgane Spacagna |
Production companies | France 3 Cinéma F Comme Film Orly Films Page 114 |
Distributed by | Metropolitan Filmexport |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $4.3 million |
Box office | $385.000[1] |
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.
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]
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]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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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 |
Films directed by Claude Miller | |
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