''And Then Came Love'' is a 2007

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film directed by

Richard Schenkman Richard Schenkman (born March 6, 1958) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director and occasional actor. He has also been credited under the name ''George Axmith''. Awards He has won seven awards at film festivals such as the Aus ...

. It premiered at the Urban Film Series Festival in

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in June 2007, with a limited theatrical release in

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. The film stars

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(in her final film role),

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, and

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Plot

Julie (

), a successful Manhattan reporter-turned-columnist in her mid-40s believes she has it all - a great job, a rent controlled apartment, a boyfriend (

) and best of all, an adorable six-year-old son named Jake, whom she conceived via an anonymous

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. Her perfect world, however, is rocked when she’s called in for an emergency parent-teacher conference and learns that her son has been acting up, needs to be ‘tested,’ and is on the brink of

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. Overwhelmed, Julie instinctively blames herself easily since her mother (

) has made her feel inadequate for not being a stay-at-home mom. Julie, however, will not concede that her mother could be right, so she places genetic blame on Jake’s anonymous father. Through a private investigator, Julie learns the identity of the donor and meets him – Paul (Kevin Daniels), a struggling actor and law school dropout. Julie has neither intention nor desire to reveal her identity to him, she simply needs to check her sources, get the facts, and move on. Jake instantly bonds with Paul, however, and no matter how hard Julie tries to keep Paul from complicating her life, the more he begins to fall for her, and she finds she too is falling badly for him even while her boyfriend is pushing to set a wedding date.

Cast

as Julie *

as Paul *

as Ted * Jeremy Gumbs as Jake *

as Mona * Tommy Nelson as Horatio *

as Stuart * Eileen Alana as Miss Missy Rest of cast listed alphabetically: * Collin Biddle as Maitre' D (credited as Colin Biddle) *

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as Kikki * Courtney Carter as Park Nanny *

Mike Colter Mike Randal Colter (born August 26, 1976) is an American actor best known for his role as Luke Cage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the streaming television series ''Luke Cage'' (2016–2018), '' The Defenders'' (2017), and ''Jess ...

as Yuppie Paul * Peter Conboy as Man on Street * Andrea Darriau as Jittery Woman

External links

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