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Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino tapped into her real-life role of mom for the new movie, Like Dandelion Dust<\/a><\/em>, an independent film based on the book of the same name by The New York Times<\/em> best-selling inspirational author Karen Kingsbury<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mira plays Wendy Porter, a woman who finds out she\u2019s pregnant right after her husband, Rip (played by Barry Pepper), is jailed for domestic abuse. Seven years later, when Rip, now rehabilitated, is released, he tells Wendy he wants to start a family. She confesses that she gave birth to their son, but gave him up for adoption.<\/p>\n

Rip discovers a loophole in the paperwork and sets out to re-claim his boy, who\u2019s being raised by well-to-do, loving parents. Things get complicated as both couples fight for custody of six-year-old Joey.<\/p>\n

Mira says the role of Wendy intrigued her for personal reasons. \u201cI tried to base her on someone I had known, who had a rather similar life and whom I loved very much when I was young. I wanted to make this my homage to her. Even though, as this character, she was unable to really fend for herself, she was full of love for others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mira and her husband, Christopher Backus, have three children\u2014Mattea, Johnny Christopher and Holden\u2014whom she calls her \u201cblessings.\u201d \u201cYou don\u2019t know what joy is until you hold your child in your arms. It is the best thing I\u2019ve ever experienced. \u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Mira can understand her character\u2019s motivation. \u201cWendy gives up her baby because she feels like she can\u2019t provide him with a safe home and because she doesn\u2019t have any financial means at the time. She\u2019s scared and doesn\u2019t know what to do. But she\u2019s tried to do what\u2019s best for the baby, and that\u2019s admirable. But when she\u2019s given a chance to see the baby again, it\u2019s like a miracle. For her, it\u2019s a redemption, a second chance.\u201d <\/p>\n

She adds: \u201cBoth couples love this boy. The birth father loves the boy but he\u2019s unable to control his temper. He has a problem with violence which is largely brought on by terrible crises of self-doubt and alcoholism. But he still loves his boy. They all love the boy. But the point is to love unselfishly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mira hopes viewers take away the message that children need to be treasured. \u201cI think a lot of films don\u2019t give the proper due to the importance of children and their love and care. Movies nowadays show us mostly smart-alecky mother\/child relationships.\u201d But Like Dandelion Dust<\/em> is different, she says.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThe movie is evenhanded. You end up rooting for both couples in an odd sort of way. In a perfect world, there\u2019d be two Joeys and both couples could end up with one of them, and everybody would live happily ever after. But it\u2019s not a perfect world and they\u2019re not perfect people. No one is. They\u2019re all imperfect. They\u2019re all trying to become better human beings and humbling themselves before the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mira sees the film as a modern twist on the biblical story of Solomon. \u201cIn the simplest of terms, it\u2019s which mother loves the child more, the one who wants to keep him or the one who\u2019s willing to give him up so that he stays whole? I think that was probably Karen Kingsbury\u2019s starting point. I know she also was inspired by her own experience as an adoptive mother of children from Haiti<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Mira believes the movie\u2019s universal themes of forgiveness, love and redemption will strike a chord with the audience. \u201cEverybody loves this film. People just ‘get it’ because of the themes of family and children and [the characters] striving to become better under the yoke of our imperfection.\u201d <\/p>\n

Who could not love a movie about \u201cjust being a human being and having a heart\u201d?<\/p>\n

Like Dandelion Dust<\/em> is out on DVD January 25, 2011. Check out its website<\/a> for more information about the movie.<\/p>\n

Find more stories on hope<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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