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Toto the Hero

Toto the Hero

19917.01h 31m

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.

Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
Written by Laurette Vankeerberghen, Pascal Lonhay, Jaco Van Dormael
Produced by Dany Geys, Luciano Gloor
Box Office0Revenue: $1.2M

Top Cast

Michel Bouquet

Michel Bouquet

Old Thomas

T

Thomas Godet

Child Thomas

Gisela Uhlen

Gisela Uhlen

Old Evelyne

J

Jo De Backer

Adult Thomas

Mireille Perrier

Mireille Perrier

Adult Evelyne

Sandrine Blancke

Sandrine Blancke

Alice

Peter Böhlke

Peter Böhlke

Old Alfred

D

Didier Ferney

Adult Alfred

H

Hugo Harold-Harrison

Child Alfred

Pascal Duquenne

Pascal Duquenne

Adult Cèlestin

Themes & Keywords

futureflashbackmagic realismchildhoodunreliable narratorswitched at birth

About Toto the Hero

Toto the Hero is a drama, comedy, fantasy film released in 1991 exploring themes of future, flashback, magic realism, childhood, unreliable narrator, switched at birth. Directed by Jaco Van Dormael, it stars Michel Bouquet, Thomas Godet, Gisela Uhlen. 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.

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