ONCE UPON MY MOTHER (2025) - Long Island Jewish Film Festival
Schedule
Fri, 17 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Cinema Arts Centre | Huntington, NY
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Long Island Jewish Film FestivalONCE UPON MY MOTHER (2025)
Friday, April 17th at 7 PM
& Sunday, April 19th at 1 PM
“God couldn’t be everywhere, so he created mothers,” wrote Rudyard Kipling. Add the word “Jewish” before mothers, and you’ll get a taste of Once Upon My Mother, Ken Scott’s vibrant new adaptation of Roland Perez’s memoir about his childhood and coming of age with a clubfoot, and the miraculous care he received from his mother Esther, determined against everyone’s advice that Roland will lead an extraordinary life. A lively and moving period set in Paris in the world of a Sephardic family from the 1960s to the 2010s, the film tells an incredibly true story that surprisingly focuses on Roland’s obsession with the singer and actress Sylvie Vartan. (France/Canada, 2025, 102 mins, French with English subtitles | Dir. Ken Scott)
“The movie belongs to Leïla Bekhti, a young actress who truly captures the essence of this kind of over-the-top but caring matriarch…her Esther Perez truly belongs in the pantheon of on-screen Jewish mothers.” -Hannah Brown, The Jerusalem Post
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Where is it happening?
Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave,Huntington, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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