Adapted by Alain Le Henry (A Self-Made Hero, See How They Fall) from a real-life story and co-directed by Claude Miller and his son Nathan, I am Glad That My Mother is Alive explores childhood trauma and its dire consequences on adult life. Unbeknownst to his adoptive parents, troubled 18 year-old Thomas (newcomer Vincent Rottiers, also in Silent Voices and In the Beginning, both shown at COLCOA) searches for his birth mother, who abandoned him and his brother when they were very young. He finds her single, with a small child, living in a nearby suburb and introduces himself to her. 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.br br COLCOA April 22 at 8:30pmbr West Coast Premierebr In French with English subtitlesbr br Directed by: Claude Miller, Nathan Millerbr Written by: Alain Le Henry, Claude Miller, Nathan Millerbr Based on a story by: Emmanuel Carrèrebr Cinematography by: Aurélien Devauxbr Editing by: Morgane Spacagnabr Music by: Vincent Segalbr Produced by: Jean-Louis Livibr Production Company: F Comme Filmbr Coproduction: France 3 Cinéma, Orly Films, Page 114br br CLAUDE MILLER started his career as assistant director to Robert Bresson, Jacques Demy and Jean-Luc Godard and served as production manager for François Truffaut (1968 to 1975). After a much-noticed debut feature The Best Way to Walk (1976), he turned to thrillers, with This Sweet Sickness (1977), adapted from a Patricia Highsmith novel, The Grilling (1981), César award for Best Screenplay and Deadly Circuit (1982).