The real story behind ‘paternity’, the moving film by Netflix |The nation

For weeks the film Paternity has been placed among the most views of Netflix.Thanks to his sweet story, about a man who must take care of his newborn daughter after the sudden death of his wife, has conquered millions.

In the unmissable film, in which really moving moments mix magically with some fun scenes, American actor Kevin Hart embodies Matthew, a man who in addition to facing the mourning of losing his partner must manage them to learn, for the first time, for the first time,To be your baby's dad.

Directed by Paul Weitz, who is recognized by film works such as the little Focker, American Pie and Live Life, among others, the film is based on the book Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love (two kisses for Maddy:a memory of loss and love), published in 2011.

The book was written and published by Matthew Logelin, as a tribute to his wife Liz and with the intention of shouting the world for the daughter of both, Maddy.The book was a sales success and placed on the New York Times Best Sellers list.

The film began to take shape in 2015, when Sony Pictures announced its plans to take it to the big screen with Channing Tatum in the main role.However, the project was paralyzed for several years, until Hart read the script and could not miss it.

Hart moved so much that he even imagined in the leading role and decided to come true.

If you have not seen this inspiring film, which premiered on June 18, it is important that you know that from here you can find some spoilers related to this real life story.

Matthew Logelin - the true one - was born in 1977, in Minesota, a state of the west of the United States.He met Elizabeth Goodman, of the same age, in a gas station in the town of Minnetonka, where they both attended school.The connection was immediate and fell in love.

They soon faced their first obstacle, since she, whom they called Liz, enrolled at a University of California to study psychology, while he stayed in his native state to study sociology and then moved to Chicago to obtain a master's degree.The relationship remained firm despite the distance.

In 2002, the man decided to move to California to be with his love of school and got a job as project manager for Yahoo!.In 2005 they finally married and, just two years later, they received the news that they were going to become parents for the first time.

However, pregnancy was not simple for Liz.He even had to be hospitalized to keep absolute rest.

“At night, when it was late and the hospital staff visits were less frequent, Liz and I fantasized about our future with our daughter.Liz talked about traveling around the world, buying shoes and wallets, trips to the mother and daughter spa for manicures, pedicures and massages, and English snack in the always such an elegant Huntington library, ”Matthew wrote in the book.

However, Liz could never live what he always dreamed.In March 2008, little Madeline Elizabeth Logelin, via caesarean section, and despite being premature showed good health.The scare they had lived in the months of pregnancy seemed to vanished and everything began to march in order.

But Matthew and Liz or imagined what was to come.The next day, while convalesiac, the illusive mother suffered a pulmonary embolism that turned off her life, just 27 hours after giving birth.I was 30 years old.

"Suddenly I realized.She was going to die, there in this hospital.And she was never going to hug her baby, ”Matthew wrote.

In the midst of this devastating panorama, Matt must face the pain for the loss of the love of his life and, at the same time, worry about attending to his little daughter, his little and beautiful comfort.

To help raise the girl, her parents and in -laws insist that she moves back to Minesota.However, Matthew decides to do it on his own and the way his wife would have wanted.

One of his greatest desires is to keep his mother's memory alive in Maddy.

This is how the blog he had to document his walks and upload photographs.Start using it as a vehicle to vent your pain, but also to register your experience as a father who, alone, is in charge of raising a premature baby.

Matthew, sooner rather than later, realizes that being a dad is not an easy task, even less, being a great father.

It did not spend much time for its history to begin to win followers and capture the attention of media such as the magazine People and the presenter Oprah Winfrey.Matthew's blog became so popular that from one moment to another he began to receive gifts with coupons for baby formula, clothing, diapers and even beer so that the father relaxed a little in his spare time.

At a certain moment the blog recorded up to 15.000 daily visits and his recipe to achieve it was as simple as moving: he detailed the experiences with his daughter and the 13 years he spent with his wife.

For 2009, when the little girl had a year, Matt decided to give up her work and leave with the little girl to India.That country had an important place for him and for Liz.On the one hand, it was a destination that they had visited several times and, in addition, when they were in front of Taj Mahal -described as the world's greatest symbol of the world -, Liz told her that he would never do something like that monument like that monument like that monument, that Emperor Shah Jahan ordered to build in honor of his deceased wife.

When he faced Liz's death, those words fell strongly in Matthew.“In figurative sense, the book is my taj mahal for her.I'm doing what I can to return that legacy.I want (Maddy) to know his mother through this, ”he wrote on his blog.

In 2009, Matthew also created the Liz Logelin Foundation, with which he seeks to help financial people who are going through situations similar to their own, regardless of marital status or sexual orientation.This project is inspired by the help he received from strangers when he saw only his daughter.

Along the same lines, Matthew donates 7% of book sales to the foundation.

“The community was so strong and great that formed spontaneously around us, which seemed not only natural, but necessary to take advantage of the strength of that network and turn it into something that could help relieve pain.Relieve the load that widows and widows feel with children everywhere, ”Matthew wrote.

In 2001, Matthew published his book and immediately became a sales success.This is how producer David Beaubaire, who moved with history and observed the need to tell more people through a film.

In the film it is observed as the character, played by Hart, changes the baby diapers anywhere and so it was in real life.Matthew even wrote that once stayed at the exclusive Waldorf-Actory hotel, in New York City, thanks to the miles his wife had accumulated.On that occasion he realized that he should change the diaper and, upon entering the bath.

“So I parked with Maddy in the middle of the lobby and changed it in front of everyone.I was trying to try a point.Then I went up and told the person in charge that the reason I did this was because they do not have a place for me to do it.He is sexist, in many ways, assume these assumptions that women should be the ones that change their children's diapers, ”he wrote.

Love visited Matthew's heart again.By coincidences of life he fell in love with a woman named Lizzie and, in 2018, he married again.Today they are parents of another little named Bertie, who became Maddy's younger sister, who is a 13 -year -old teenager.

Matthew participated fully in the production of the film, as explained by director Paul Weitz, in the production notes provided by Netflix.“He read the script and was very excited toTo someone, ”he explained.

“I wanted the movie to really transmit the pain I went through and the difficult moments I experienced just after my wife's death.It is very difficult to convey something like that and I have not seen it many times in the cinema.Kevin did incredible job in that sense.He is known as comedian but his serious side really goes here, ”said Logelin in production notes.

"Probably, the most devastating moment of my life, in addition to my wife's death, was to have to tell her parents that her daughter had died," says Logelin."Seeing that performance, seeing that kind of emotion in the movie and knowing that other people will understand exactly how I felt because Kevin did a good job with that, it's incredible," he added.

“In general, the most important thing about this film is that there are universal themes.There is love and happiness, sadness and death;And that's what remains.They can change everything in this movie, while maintaining those feelings, ”added Logelin.

For his part, Kevin Hart coincided in the universality of this story.

"The author of the book is a white man, but ultimately, based on his history and creating this experience for black parents, which we have not seen in the cinema in many, many years, was very exciting," he told himHart a Insider.

Hart confessed did not have a close relationship with his father, who was imprisoned and faced several addictions.

"Those who know me and follow me, know the story of my dad and me," said the actor in production notes.

“I love my dad, my dad is part of my life.Do we have the closest relationship?No, but that's my dad.I also know the stigma that many black men face when it comes to being parents, ”added Hart, who cried when he read the first 20 pages of the script, as confessed in an interview.

“I did not go through what the true Matt lived, but when you know his story, as I know his story, you feel the greatest respect and admiration for him.You admire him as a person who faced all that pain and, today, has a happy girl, the fruit of her willingness to make sure that girl gets the best of him.I am a different father for that, ”the interpreter ended, who has four children.