Name: "Ma Mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan" (Once Upon My Mother) Festival Champlain 2026
Start: 2026-10-17T20:00:27.000Z
End: 2026-10-17T21:45:27.000Z
Location: Portland Museum of Art

Alliance Française du Maine

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Ma M&egrave;re, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan (Once Upon My Mother)&nbsp;(2025, France)By Ken Scott, with Le&iuml;la Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Jos&eacute;phine Japy and Sylvie Vartan132 minutes&nbsp; <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Overview:&nbsp;<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="border-collapse: collapse; empty-cells: show; border-width: medium; border-style: none; border-color: currentcolor; border-image: none; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><tbody fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><tr fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><td fr-original-style="" style="min-width: 5px; box-sizing: inherit; user-select: text; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);" valign="top">Esther Perez is a Moroccan-Jewish immigrant and devoted mother of six. When her newborn son Roland is diagnosed with a clubfoot in 1963 and given a bleak prognosis, she is determined to make him overcome physical challenges and social barriers as she refuses to accept limits placed on his future. With fierce determination and unwavering belief in him, she embarks on a mission to help her son not only overcome challenges but truly thrive.&nbsp;Based on the novel by Roland Perez. </td></tr></tbody></table>

<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Dear <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name ,<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> We&#39;re thrilled that you&#39;ll be joining us for the screening of &quot;Ma M&egrave;re, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan&quot; (Once Upon My Mother) at the 2026 edition of the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://afdume.org/festivalchamplain/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Festival Champlain</a>, the only French-language film festival in Maine. &nbsp;Celebrate our 5th anniversary with us!!<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> Bon film!<p fr-original-style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> Your friends at the Alliance Fran&ccedil;aise du Maineafdume@gmail.com

Ma Mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan (Once Upon My Mother) (2025, France)By Ken Scott, with Leïla Bekhti, Jonathan Cohen, Joséphine Japy and Sylvie Vartan132 minutes  Overview: <table><tbody><tr><td>Esther Perez is a Moroccan-Jewish immigrant and devoted mother of six. When her newborn son Roland is diagnosed with a clubfoot in 1963 and given a bleak prognosis, she is determined to make him overcome physical challenges and social barriers as she refuses to accept limits placed on his future. With fierce determination and unwavering belief in him, she embarks on a mission to help her son not only overcome challenges but truly thrive. Based on the novel by Roland Perez. </td></tr></tbody></table>

Alliance Française du Maine

"Ma Mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan" (Once Upon My Mother) Festival Champlain 2026

Portland Museum of Art

Members of AFDUME and The Portland Museum of Art

$7

General Public

$10

Student (High School or University)

$5

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