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Once Upon My Mother
Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan
Drama
Comedy

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.

2025-03-19
fr
Cast
Director
Ken Scott
Leïla Bekhti as Esther Perez
Jonathan Cohen as Roland Perez (Adult)
Joséphine Japy as Litzie Gozlan
Sylvie Vartan as Sylvie Vartan
Jeanne Balibar as Mrs. Fleury
Lionel Dray as Maklouf Perez
Anne Le Ny as Mrs. Vergepoche
Milo Machado-Graner as Jacques Perez (12-17 years old)
Naïm Naji as Roland Perez (5-7 years old)
Iliana Belkhadra as Nicole Perez (15-20 years old)
Naël Rabia as Edmond Perez (14-19 years old)
Luc Sitbon as Harold (16-17 years old)
Saber Hallout
Nina Bouffier as Jacqueline Perez (16-21 years old)
Alice Abraham as Ludivine (18-20 years old)
Valentine Atlan as Mrs. Colette Bentolila
David Ayala as Mr. Foenkinos
Léonard Barbier as Other Assistant
Yaël Dyens as Mrs. Yasmine Fahrat
Bertrand Goncalves as Record seller 2
Ariane Massenet as Sophie D
Justine Pesin as Secretary
Gilbert Coudurier as Producer
Gladys Cohen as Mrs. Benayoun
Astrid Whettnall as Mile Corbeau
Baptiste Carrion-Weiss as Harold (24-28 Years Old)
Christophe Kourotchkine as Doctor Balthany
Gerald Cesbron as Mr. Cohen
François Perache as Dr. Hauthier
Franck Mercadal as Dr. Marimon
Loïc Guingand as Médecin de la production
Cédric Moreau as Record Seller 1
Caroline Gay as Psychiatrist
Roland Perez as Headmaster of a school for children performers
Julia Duchaussoy as Sylvie Vartan (Young)
Agnès Afriat as Litzie's Mother
Didier Brice as Oncologist
Yvon Martin as 1st Assistant
Jean-Noël Martin as Prosecutor
Zohar Wexler as Swiss Professor
Benjamin Gauthier as Hubert Le Forestier
Édouard Michelon as Doctor 1
Nicolas Dangoise as Doctor 3
Philippe Dusseau as Jacques Chirac
Laurent Gerra as Johnny Hallyday (voice)
Joe Dassin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Hallyday as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)