Je suis heureux que ma mère soit vivante [videorecording] = I'm glad my mother is alive / Strand Releasing ; Metropolitan Films ; Jean-Louis Livi et Jacques Audiard présentent ; une coproduction F Comme Film ... [et al.] ; scénario original, Alain Le Henry ; produit par Jean-Louis Livi ; un film de Claude et Nathan Miller.
Vincent Rottiers, Sophie Cattani, Christine Citti, Yves Verhoeven, Maxime Renard, Gabin Lefebvre. Based on a true story recounted in an article by Emmanuel Carrère. DVD release of the 2009 motion picture. "This film contains mature subject matter"--Container. Bonus features: Original theatrical trailer ; other Strand Releasing trailers.
Summary:
Thomas is a troubled teenager who was given up for adoption as a toddler and is now obsessed with finding his birth mother. After searching for years, Thomas finally finds his mother single, with a young child, and living in a nearby suburb. Thomas starts a relationship with her which is part courtship and part obsessive and eventually drives him to an act of madness.
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