Then She Found Me

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Then She Found Me is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by and starring Helen Hunt, adapted from Elinor Lipman’s novel about a woman navigating midlife crises, adoption, and complex family relationships.

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Then She Found Me (novel) 1

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instanceOf comedy-drama film
film
author Elinor Lipman
basedOn Then She Found Me (novel)
linked to: Then She Found Me
character April Epner
Ben
Bernice Graves
Frank
cinematographyBy Peter Donahue
countryOfOrigin United States
director Helen Hunt
distributor ThinkFilm
editedBy Pam Wise
featuresAdoptiveFamily true
featuresBirthParentReunion true
filmingLocation New York City
genre comedy-drama
hasAdaptationType loose adaptation of the source novel
hasFemaleProtagonist true
musicBy David Mansfield
narrativeFocus a woman navigating personal loss, adoption, and romantic complications in middle age
notableFor Helen Hunt’s feature directorial debut
originalLanguage English
plotSummary The film follows April Epner, a 39-year-old schoolteacher facing a midlife crisis, whose adoptive mother dies, whose husband leaves her, and who meets her flamboyant birth mother while navigating romance and questions of family and identity.
producer Christine Vachon
Helen Hunt
Pam Koffler
publicationDate 2007
releaseEvent premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
runtime 100 minutes
screenwriter Alice Arlen
Helen Hunt
Victor Levin
starring Ben Shenkman
Bette Midler
Colin Firth
Helen Hunt
Lynn Cohen
Matthew Broderick
theme adoption
family relationships
identity
midlife crisis
parenthood

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Helen Hunt notableWork Then She Found Me
Helen Hunt directed Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me basedOn Then She Found Me (novel)
linked to: Then She Found Me