* **Directed by:** Ken Scott
* **Cast:** Leila Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Josephine Japy
* **Year:** 2025 France
* **Duration:** 102min

"Celebrating a mother’s love in its most profound form — as Jewish tradition dictates — *Once Upon My Mother*, based on Roland Perez’s bestselling autobiographical novel, is an absolute gem of a film. Big-hearted and colourful, this is an emotional yet funny portrayal of excessive parental love, spanning decades.
France, 1963. Heartbroken to learn that Roland, her sixth child, was born with a clubfoot, Esther Perez, a Jewish immigrant from Morocco, refuses to accept her son’s disability, instead looking for alternative methods — as well as praying for a miracle — that would cure him.
Accompanied by a nostalgia-inducing soundtrack of French pop classics — including some by Jewish icon Sylvie Vartan (who also appears in the film) — *Once Upon My Mother*, with its indomitable heroine, is a larger-than-life, not-to-be-missed, cinematic experience."

Short notice decision to see this - it is part of the UK Jewish Film Festival. Screen 4. One show only.
[Buy Your Own Ticket Here](https://broadway.org.uk/whats-on/uk-jewish-film-festival-once-upon-my-mother) **I have seat F7**

[Trailer here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QANjxLPruA4&t=119s)

**Join me in the bar at 5.00** for drinks before we take our seats ready for the 5.30 screening. Look out for Kate's red leather bag to find us. We can chat afterwards too.

Kate

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