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I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive is a french film of genre Drama directed by Claude Miller released in USA on 2 september 2011 with Christine Citti
I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
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Add to a movie listJe suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante est un film français réalisé par Claude Miller et Nathan Miller en 2008, sorti en 2009.
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Thomas, un adolescent adopté et mal dans sa peau, se met en quête de son passé pour comprendre pourquoi sa mère l'a abandonné, en compagnie de son frère, lorsqu'il avait 4 ans. Il cherche alors sa mère sans en parler ni à son frère ni à ses parents adoptifs. Il découvre alors qu'elle n'est plus avec son père biologique, qu'elle a eu un troisième fils avec un autre homme et qu'elle vit désormais seule avec cet autre garçon qu'elle n'a pas abandonné.Actors
Christine Citti
(Annie Jouvet)
Yves Verhoeven
(Yves Jouvet)
Sophie Cattani
(Julie Martino)
Sabrina Ouazani
(The cashier of cinema)
Vincent Rottiers
(Thomas Jouvet (20 years))
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