--- title: 'Once Upon My Mother (2025)' type: 'film' director: 'Ken Scott' released: '2025-03-19' runtime_minutes: 102 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'France' - 'Canada' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-my-mother-2025' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29927144/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Once Upon My Mother (2025) 2025 · 102 min · Comedy · France, Canada Original title: Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan ## Synopsis Once Upon My Mother is a French-Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ken Scott and released in 2025. The film was adapted from the 2021 autobiographical novel Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan by French lawyer and broadcaster Roland Perez, which centres on his experiences growing up with a clubfoot and a Sephardic Jewish mother who is determined not to let her son's disability stop him from leading a full and successful life. The film received two nominations at the 51st César Awards, including Best Actress for Leïla Bekhti. ## Credits - **Director:** [Ken Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-scott-3) - **Screenplay:** [Ken Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-scott-3) - **Original Music Composer:** [Nicolas Errèra](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-errera) - **Producer:** [Sidonie Dumas](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidonie-dumas) ## Cast - [Joséphine Japy](https://cinepixo.com/people/josephine-japy) - [Jonathan Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-cohen) - [Jeanne Balibar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-balibar) - [Leïla Bekhti](https://cinepixo.com/people/leila-bekhti) - [Iliana Belkhadra](https://cinepixo.com/people/iliana-belkhadra) as Nicole - [Sylvie Vartan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvie-vartan) - [Anne Le Ny](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-le-ny) - [Lionel Dray](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-dray) - [Milo Machado-Graner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milo-machado-graner) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-my-mother-2025 Film facts: Wikidata (Q131674614); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.