Toto the Hero (Toto le Héros)

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7.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Jaco van Dormael

Starring (View all)

Michel Bouquet
Old Thomas / Voice of Adult Thomas

Jo De Backer
Adult Thomas

Thomas Godet
Child Thomas

Gisela Uhlen
Old Evelyne

Mireille Perrier
Voice of old Evelyne / Adult Evelyne

Sandrine Blancke
Alice

Peter Böhlke
Old Alfred

Michel Robin
Old Alfred

Written by

Didier De Neck
collaborator

Jaco van Dormael

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A good movie

9 years, 6 months ago at Mar 19 11:56

johanlefourbe

Already 5 years ago, Jaco van Dormael made a come-back with ‘Mr Nobody’ a vastly ambitious European production which was barely seen when it was released but it still managed to reach cult status, especially here on listal. 13 years before, van Dormael made the very interesting ‘Le huitième jour’, one of the very few movies dealing with Down's Syndrome and it reached some massive critical... read more

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Description: This audacious and inventive Belgian film was written and directed by Jaco van Dormael. Thomas is 60 years old and obsessed with the past. He's convinced that he was switched at birth during a hospital fire with Alfred, the rich boy who grew up across the street. With its creative thematic exploration of family, fantasy, memory, and envy, Toto the Hero stands out as a film of extraordinary psychological richness. ... (more)

Release date: 19 June 1991

Tags: Drama (4), Revenge (3), France (3), Surrealism (3), Belgium (3), Germany (3), Imagination (2), Bullying (2), Fantasy Sequence (2), Incest (2), 1991 (2), Airplane (2), Psychology (2), Jealousy (2), Relationships (2), HQ (1), Unavailable On Netflix (1), People With Disabilities (1), 78 Min. (1), You (1)

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"From his bed in a retirement home, Thomas looks back with resentment on his life. He once dreamed of being a secret agent and instead became an unexceptional bureaucrat, but he clings to the idea that things might have been different but for one crucial event. Thomas believes he and another baby were switched at birth, thus granting his lifelong rival, Alfred (Peter Bohlke), an undeserved life of wealth and privilege. Still jealous, Thomas decides to finally settle the score. The film, was a "

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