Read Full Synopsis Cast + Crew Previous Cast Members More Cast Members. Based on a true story, critically acclaimed French filmmaker Claude Miller and his son Nathan Miller explore childhood trauma and its consequences on adult life. Directed by Claude Miller (A Secret and La Petite Lili) and his son Nathan Miller. 63. I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive. ‎I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009) directed by Claude Miller, Nathan Miller • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd Thomas is just 5 years old when his mother gives him up for adoption, and his younger brother Patrick is still a baby. Thomas, a troubled teenager, is obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. Not sure if I should be surprised. I’M GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE – Strand Releasing. She was and is a piece of work. Not Yet Rated 1 hr 30 min Drama. After an incident of breathtakingly casual neglect, a pair of children are taken from their young single mother (Sophie Cattani) and adopted by a childless middle-class couple in I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive, a drama from French father-son directors Claude and Nathan Miller. Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas (Cesar nominee for Best Male Newcomer Vincent Rottiers in a powerful performance) becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. Inspired by true events, I'M GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE was written and directed by father and son filmmaking team Claude ('A Secret') and Nathan Miller. In French with English subtitles. Based on a true story, I'm Glad That My Mother is Alive explores childhood trauma and its dire consequences on adult life. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive Synopsis. I'M GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE (Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante) is a deeply disturbing film based on a true story that explores the spectrum of adoption and the effects on the children placed for adoption, the biologic mother and the adoptive parents. You look like you’re pregnant. A disturbed man seeks the mother who gave him up for adoption (1:30). But Thomas never forgets this rather wild woman who abandons them rather than trying to cope, and he never stops obsessing for one single moment about finding his mother again. Traumatized by years of emptiness and longing for his mother, he starts an ambiguous relationship with her (part courtship, part obsession) which slowly drives him to an act of madness. Based on a true story, I'M GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE explores childhood trauma and its dire consequences on adult life. At the Munroe Film Center. With striking performances and a shocking twist, I'm GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE is hard to get out of your mind. 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