I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive

I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
Directed by	Claude Miller Nathan Miller
Produced by	Jean-Louis Livi Jacques Audiard Alain Vannier
Screenplay by	Claude Miller Nathan Miller Emmanuel Carrère Alain Le Henry
Starring	Vincent Rottiers Sophie Cattani Christine Citti
Cinematography	Aurélien Devaux
Edited by	Morgane Spacagna
Production company	France 3 Cinéma F Comme Film Orly Films Page 114
Distributed by	Metropolitan Filmexport
Release dates	30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
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.

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 search his mother without telling either his brother or his adoptive parents. He then discovers that she is no longer with her biological father, she had a third son with another man and now she lives alone with that other boy she has not given up.

Cast

Vincent Rottiers as Thomas Jouvet
Sophie Cattani as Julie Martino
Christine Citti as Annie Jouvet
Yves Verhoeven as Yves Jouvet
Chantal Banlier as Chantal Duronnet
Olivier Guéritée as Patrick / François
Gabin Lefebvre as Tommy
Quentin Gonzalez as Frédéric
Thomas Momplot as Mathieu
Virginie Emane as Patricia
Samir Guesmi as The employer
Sabrina Ouazani as The cinema cashier
Carole Franck as The orphanage's director

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

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

References

External links

Films directed by Claude Miller

The Best Way to Walk (1976)
This Sweet Sickness (1977)
Garde à Vue (1981)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
An Impudent Girl (1985)
The Little Thief (1988)
The Accompanist (1992)
Le Sourire (1994)
Class Trip (1998)
Of Woman and Magic (2000)
Alias Betty (2001)
Little Lili (2003)
A Secret (2007)
Marching Band (2009)
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
See How They Dance (2010)
Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012)

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