When an American heir living in a luxurious Spanish villa decides to move in with his girlfriend, his departure triggers a family collapse as his brother uncovers the truth behind their mother's tragic death.
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.
Cast: Leïla Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Joséphine Japy, Sylvie Vartan
Director: Ken Scott
Tags: mother, motherly love, disabled child
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About Once Upon My Mother
- Director
- Ken Scott
- Cast
- Leïla Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Joséphine Japy, Sylvie Vartan, Jeanne Balibar, Lionel Dray, Anne Le Ny, Milo Machado-Graner
- Writers
- Ken Scott, Roland Perez
- Original title
- Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan
- Release date
- 19/03/2025
- Original language
- FR
- Country
- FR