I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)

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Now a taciturn adult, an adoptee finds his biological mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.
Release Date
Sep 30, 2009
Runtime
01h 30m
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Now a taciturn adult, an adoptee finds his biological mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.

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