Toto the Hero
1991 · 1h 31m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Directed by
Jaco Van Dormael
Overview
80-year-old Thomas recounts his childhood and middle age through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. Thomas believes he’s been taken away from a better life at birth; following a hospital fire, he vividly recalls being swapped with another new-born, and subsequently grows up in a poorer neighbouring household.
Director and cast
- Jaco Van Dormael Director
- Michel Bouquet as Thomas, as an old man
- Gisela Uhlen as Evelyne as an old woman
- Thomas Godet as Child Thomas
- Jo De Backer as Thomas, as an adult
- Mireille Perrier as Evelyne as young woman
- Sandrine Blancke as Alice
- Peter Böhlke Cast
- Didier Ferney Cast
- Hugo Harold-Harrison Cast
- Pascal Duquenne Cast
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