Elämän edessä was released in the year 2000。Elämän edessä is also called as Finding Forrester, Vem är Forre, Scoprendo Forrester, Møtet med Forrester, Forrester - Gefunden!, Encontrando Forrester, Buscando a Forrester, Descubriendo a Forrester, À la rencontre de Forrester。

Because of scoring exceptionaly high on a state wide standardized exam and being an exceptionally good basketball player Jamal Wallace is sent to a prestigious prep school in Manhattan. He soon befriends the reclusive writer, William Forrester. The friendship leads to William to overcome his reclusivness and for Jamal to overcome the racial prejudices and pursue his true dream - writing.

Elämän edessä actors and actresses include Anna Paquin, April Grace, Busta Rhymes, Damion Lee, F. Murray Abraham, James T. Williams II, Lil' Zane, Matt Damon, Michael Nouri, Sean Connery。