Not Yet Rated 1 hr 30 min Drama. Thomas is just 5 years old when his mother gives him up for adoption, and his younger brother Patrick is still a baby. Not sure if I should be surprised. Based on a true story, I'm Glad That My Mother is Alive explores childhood trauma and its dire consequences on adult life. I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive. An adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion. At the Munroe Film Center. In French with English subtitles. 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. I'm Glad My Mother is Alive - 3 stars. She was and is a piece of work. 63. Thomas, a troubled teenager, is obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. Read Full Synopsis Cast + Crew Previous Cast Members More Cast Members. 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. Not rated: Violence. A lot of it words cannot describe. Given up for adoption as … 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. Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. 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 (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. I’M GLAD MY MOTHER IS ALIVE – Strand Releasing. 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. Directed by Claude Miller (A Secret and La Petite Lili) and his son Nathan Miller. 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. The younger boy, just a baby, fits into his new life with ease, to the point of being given (and growing into) a new name. Given up for adoption as a toddler, troubled teenager Thomas becomes obsessed with tracking down his birth mother. A disturbed man seeks the mother who gave him up for adoption (1:30). 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