Roesch NJJFF: Once Upon My Mother

Director: Ken Scott
2025, France and Canada, 102 minutes
French with English subtitles
Feature

In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family of Mizrahi Jews in France. He is born with a clubfoot that prevents him from standing and walking, but Esther is determined that her son learns to walk and leads an extraordinary life. With a little help from the pop star Sylvie Vartan, Roland grows into adulthood and requires greater independence from his mother.

Spanning decades of trials and life’s miracles, this film tells a true story (based on Roland Perez’s bestselling autobiography) with humor and drama, about the boundless love between parents and children.

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