Toto the Hero (1991)

1991 · 91 min · Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

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. Starring Michel Bouquet, Thomas Godet, Gisela Uhlen, Jo De Backer and Mireille Perrier.

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