Name: Roesch NJJFF: Once Upon My Mother
Start: 2026-03-07T19:45:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-07T22:00:00-05:00
Location: JCC MetroWest

A mother’s unwavering promise helps her son, born with a clubfoot in 1963, overcome physical and social barriers across decades of life.
About this Event

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.