Mit Liebe und Chansons

A boy is born in the 1960s as the sixth child in a large family and has a foot deformity from birth. Contrary to the medical diagnosis, his optimistic mother believes in a cure and does everything she can to help her son walk on his own two feet. A tragicomedy based on a true story.

Paris, 1960s: Esther Perez gives birth to her sixth child, little Roland. He is born with a foot deformity. The doctors are certain that Roland will never be able to walk properly. But Esther is a strong and stubborn woman who follows her head and, above all, her heart. Against all advice, she promises Roland that he will walk to school on his own two feet on his first day. He will be a happy person who wants for nothing, she will make sure of that. That's final. With unwavering optimism, she is never at a loss for a new strategy to bring her son the happiness of standing on his own two feet, even if it means calling on God's help and condemning her large Jewish family to months of listening to the healing sounds of French chansons ...