Then She Found Me

Then She Found Me ( Alternative title: When she found me) is an American comedy drama from 2007 directed by Helen Hunt, who wrote the script based on a novel by Elinor Lipman, together with Alice Arlen and Victor Levin.. Hunt also played the lead role and produced the film with.

Action

April Epner is 39 years old and elementary school teacher. In her marriage with her fellow teachers Ben she wants nothing more than a child. However, the desire remains unfulfilled. An adoption is out of the question for them, as she has been adopted.

One day, her life changes abruptly. Her husband has left her without a word and dies her adoptive mother Trudy. She learns to know Frank, the father of one of her students. The mentally troubled man is divorced for four weeks. In this sense chaos suddenly nor bursts her birth mother Bernice, she wants to get to know the message. At the first meeting turns out that Bernice is a well-known television presenter, who tells her that her biological father is Steve McQueen. Very reserved and suspicious ended April for the time being the contact.

Between April and Frank, a tentative romance, marked by the bad experiences of each developed. Frank advises her to get a hair of Bernice in order to perform a DNA analysis. In addition, clarifies that Steve McQueen can not be her father. But April's brother Freddy, who practiced as a doctor, tells her that her mother Bernice is actually due to the DNA analysis. Her mother confesses her lie, and explains that her father has forced then to release them after three days for adoption. The result is a friendship between the two.

After a passionate night with Frank she realizes that she is pregnant. However, Ben is the father whom she seeks out and then asks for his fatherly duties. A doctor's visit with Frank and Ben shows that everything is fine. Immediately after fall of April and Ben in their car all over each other, even though it is clearly in love with Frank. The finds out, however, and ended the relationship.

A few weeks later learns April that the unborn child has no more heartbeat. Deeply shocked she has now lost everything. Also Bernice has lied repeatedly, because April was released after one year for adoption since it was a burden for Bernice. Then April asks her to pay an artificial insemination. But even this is unsuccessful.

Finally April Frank apologizes and both find each other again. On a day when Freddy and Bernice are with them for a visit, April holds a little Chinese girl in her arms. She has adopted it.

Background

The film was shot in New York City and in Pennsylvania. Its production costs amounted to an estimated 3.5 million U.S. dollars. The film had its world premiere on 7 September 2007 at the Toronto International Film Festival 2007.

Criticism

"With a sensitive tragicomedy about an educated lady in mid-life crisis attempts to the character actress and Oscar winner Helen Hunt ( Good as It Gets ) for the first time at the direction of a full-length feature film. [ ... ] Often more melo as cheerful a first choice for the discerning ladies. "

" Director 's leading actors, who also still involved in the screenplay, are nothing new. This can go well - just think of classics such as Dances with Wolves by Kevin Costner. Or even in the pants - see Postman by the same director. Clint Eastwood is even a champion is to fill several jobs at the same time and still deliver good to excellent services. In this league of egg-laying Wollmilchsäue was staggered in 2007, the Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt. [ ... ] But they verhob thus: The product is advertised as a true comedy, but unfortunately neither fish nor fowl. "

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