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Once Upon My Mother

Original title: Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan

  • Movie
  • 2025
  • 1h 42m

Directed by Ken Scott

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 283 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Leïla Bekhti

    Leïla BekhtiEsther Perez

  • Jonathan Cohen

    Jonathan CohenRoland Perez (Adult)

  • Joséphine Japy

    Joséphine JapyLitzie Gozlan

  • Sylvie Vartan

    Sylvie VartanSylvie Vartan

  • Jeanne Balibar

    Jeanne BalibarMrs. Fleury

  • Lionel Dray

    Lionel DrayMaklouf Perez

  • Anne Le Ny

    Anne Le NyMrs. Vergepoche

  • Milo Machado-Graner

    Milo Machado-GranerJacques Perez (12-17 years old)

  • Naïm Naji

    Naïm NajiRoland Perez (5-7 years old)

  • Iliana Belkhadra

    Iliana BelkhadraNicole Perez (15-20 years old)

  • Naël Rabia

    Naël RabiaEdmond Perez (14-19 years old)

  • Luc Sitbon

    Luc SitbonHarold (16-17 years old)

  • Saber Hallout

    Saber Hallout

  • Nina Bouffier

    Nina BouffierJacqueline Perez (16-21 years old)

  • Noé SchecrounRoland Perez (11-13 years old)

  • Gabriel HyvernaudRoland Perez (3-5 years old)

  • Alice Abraham

    Alice AbrahamLudivine (18-20 years old)

  • Valentine Atlan

    Valentine AtlanMrs. Colette Bentolila

Director
Ken Scott
Writer
Ken Scott and Roland Perez
Music
Nicolas Errèra
Cinematography
Guillaume Schiffman