Film Fest: Once Upon My Mother

Drama-Comedy | 2025 | 102 min | France, Canada | French

Inspired by Roland Perez’s bestselling memoir, Once Upon My Mother transports audiences to 1963 France, where Esther Perez, a Moroccan-Jewish immigrant and mother of six, refuses to accept doctors’ dire predictions about her newborn son’s disability. Fueled by fierce devotion, humor and faith, she embarks on a lifelong quest to secure his future. Anchored by a luminous performance from Leïla Bekhti, this vibrant, music-filled crowd-pleaser celebrates maternal love, resilience and hope.

This film is not included in subscriptions or Patron of the Arts benefits.

This movie will be showing at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Brown Auditorium Theater

Join us in the Cramer-Jacobs Family Culinary Studio at the J connected to the film, to make french pastries on Sunday, March 22 at 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
Advance registration required. Click here to register for the culinary class.