Once Upon My Mother (2025)
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.
Director: Ken Scott
The Cast
Leïla Bekhti
Esther Perez
Jonathan Cohen
Roland Perez (Adult)
Joséphine Japy
Litzie Gozlan
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan
Jeanne Balibar
Mrs. Fleury
Lionel Dray
Maklouf Perez
Anne Le Ny
Mrs. Vergepoche
Milo Machado-Graner
Jacques Perez (12-17 years old)
Naïm Naji
Roland Perez (5-7 years old)
Iliana Belkhadra
Nicole Perez (15-20 years old)
Naël Rabia
Edmond Perez (14-19 years old)
Luc Sitbon
Harold (16-17 years old)
Saber Hallout
Nina Bouffier
Jacqueline Perez (16-21 years old)
Noé Schecroun
Roland Perez (11-13 years old)
Gabriel Hyvernaud
Roland Perez (3-5 years old)
Alice Abraham
Ludivine (18-20 years old)
Valentine Atlan
Mrs. Colette Bentolila
David Ayala
Mr. Foenkinos
Léonard Barbier
Other Assistant
Yaël Dyens
Mrs. Yasmine Fahrat
Bertrand Goncalves
Record seller 2
Jean-Bohémond Leguay
The pianist
Ariane Massenet
Sophie D
Justine Pesin
Secretary
Romy Moukvoz
Lorie (14-15 years old)
Gilbert Coudurier
Producer
Jean-Claude Matthey
Admirer (uncredited)
Gabriel Alves Marques
Richard Perez (9-14 years old)
Gladys Cohen
Mrs. Benayoun
Anna Lebovits
Mrs. Flora Dahan
Haïly Yssembourg Da Cunha
Ludivine (10-11 years old)
Jim Belleé Geffray
Jacqueline Perez (12 years old)
Ayoub Baccar
Jacques Perez (8 Years Old)
Zakeline Varesis
Nicole Perez (11 Years Old)
Nehlen Hachelafi
Richard Perez (5 Years Old)
Eliott Taché-Maréchau
Edmond Perez (10 Years Old)
Astrid Whettnall
Mile Corbeau
Baptiste Carrion-Weiss
Harold (24-28 Years Old)
Christophe Kourotchkine
Doctor Balthany
Sophie Arama
Lorie (22-24 Years Old)
Gerald Cesbron
Mr. Cohen
François Perache
Dr. Hauthier
Franck Mercadal
Dr. Marimon
Loïc Guingand
Médecin de la production
Cédric Moreau
Record Seller 1
Caroline Gay
Psychiatrist
Roland Perez
Headmaster of a school for children performers
Julia Duchaussoy
Sylvie Vartan (Young)
Agnès Afriat
Litzie's Mother
Didier Brice
Oncologist
Yvon Martin
1st Assistant
Jean-Noël Martin
Prosecutor
Antoine Pinquier
Stage Manager
Zohar Wexler
Swiss Professor
Antoine Venet
Roland (Newborn) 1
Valentin Venet
Roland (Newborn) 2
Léandre Calvagnac
Roland (Newborn) 3
Arséne Calvagnac
Roland (Newborn) 4
Benjamin Gauthier
Hubert Le Forestier
Édouard Michelon
Doctor 1
Pascal Voglimacci
Doctor 2
Nicolas Dangoise
Doctor 3
Yanis Ben Seghaier Cromier
Harold (8 Years Old)
Capucine Guimet
Lorie (6 Years Old)
Philippe Dusseau
Jacques Chirac
Ary Szenkier
Rabin Ellyahou
Victor Barbier
Law Student
Laurent Gerra
Johnny Hallyday (voice)
Laurent Bariteau
Conservatory Professor
Liam Hinfray
Roland (5-9 Years Old) (uncredited)
Joe Dassin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Hallyday
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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