

Once Upon My Mother (2025)
Drama
Comedy
- 2h 42m
70 %
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Overview
In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like the others and that he will have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of trials and miracles of life, this film is the story of a true, funny and moving story, that of an incredible destiny and the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child.
Overview
In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like the others and that he will have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of trials and miracles of life, this film is the story of a true, funny and moving story, that of an incredible destiny and the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child.
Top Billed Cast

Leïla Bekhti
Esther Perez

Jonathan Cohen
Roland Perez (Adult)

Joséphine Japy
Litzie Gozlan

Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan

Jeanne Balibar
Mme Fleury

Lionel Dray
Maklouf Perez

Anne Le Ny
Mme Vergepoche

Milo Machado-Graner
Jacques

Naïm Naji
Young Roland

Iliana Belkhadra
Nicole
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