Once Upon My Mother
- Released on
- Runtime
- 102 mins
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.
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
- Jeanne Balibar
- Lionel Dray
- Anne Le Ny
- Milo Machado-Graner
- Naïm Naji
- Iliana Belkhadra
- Naël Rabia
- Luc Sitbon
- Saber Hallout
- Nina Bouffier
- Noé Schecroun
- Gabriel Hyvernaud
- Alice Abraham
- Valentine Atlan
- David Ayala
- Léonard Barbier
- Yaël Dyens
- Bertrand Goncalves
- Jean-Bohémond Leguay
- Ariane Massenet
- Justine Pesin
- Romy Moukvoz
- Gilbert Coudurier
- Jean-Claude Matthey
- Gabriel Alves Marques
- Gladys Cohen
- Anna Lebovits
- Haïly Yssembourg Da Cunha
- Jim Belleé Geffray
- Ayoub Baccar
- Zakeline Varesis
- Nehlen Hachelafi
- Eliott Taché-Maréchau
- Astrid Whettnall
- Baptiste Carrion-Weiss
- Christophe Kourotchkine
- Sophie Arama
- Gerald Cesbron
- François Perache
- Franck Mercadal
- Loïc Guingand
- Cédric Moreau
- Caroline Gay
- Roland Perez
- Julia Duchaussoy
- Agnès Afriat
- Didier Brice
- Yvon Martin
- Jean-Noël Martin
- Antoine Pinquier
- Zohar Wexler
- Antoine Venet
- Valentin Venet
- Léandre Calvagnac
- Arséne Calvagnac
- Benjamin Gauthier
- Édouard Michelon
- Pascal Voglimacci
- Nicolas Dangoise
- Yanis Ben Seghaier Cromier
- Capucine Guimet
- Philippe Dusseau
- Ary Szenkier
- Victor Barbier
- Laurent Gerra
- Laurent Bariteau
- Liam Hinfray
- Joe Dassin
- Johnny Hallyday
Director
- Ken Scott
Producers
- Sidonie Dumas
- Sophie Tepper
Screenwriter
- Ken Scott
