Movie

Once Upon My Mother

2025 · 102 min

A warm, bittersweet family chronicle that earns its tears through decades of stubborn love and small victories.

Overview: In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against everyone's advice, she promises her son that he will walk like the others and that he will have a fabulous life. From then on, Esther will do everything in her power to keep this promise. Through decades of trials and miracles of life, this film is the story of a true, funny and moving story, that of an incredible destiny and the greatest love there is: that of a mother for her child.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and light. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Parenthood, family, love, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
family
love
identity
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild