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I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive
Drama - 2009
6.7
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An adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.
I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive
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Details

Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
30 Sep 2009
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Rottiers is excellent at embodying someone who projects vulnerability most when he's attempting strength, and who continually, heartbreakingly searches his mother for signs of attachment or regrets that fail to surface.
– Alison Willmore,
AV Club,
1 Sep 2011
fresh:
One of the film's strengths is its detached, even-handed view of someone whose turbulence and fits of rage are ultimately inexplicable, as is often the case in real life.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
1 Sep 2011
fresh:
Miller gets points for using a bit of narrative sketchiness to good effect...
– Joe Dziemianowicz,
New York Daily News,
2 Sep 2011
fresh:
The narrative easily goes back and forth in time; despite its Oedipal subtext, it avoids exploitation. Stellar performances by Rottiers and Cattani help keep the movie on track.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
2 Sep 2011
fresh:
Sophie Cattani as Julie takes us with her over several borders, and Vincent Rottiers as the latter-day Thomas is complete in his inchoate anger at fate.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
19 Jun 2013
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