Toto the Hero (1991)

05/17/1991 (BE) • 1h 31m

Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

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.

Top Billed Cast

Michel Bouquet

Old Thomas

Thomas Godet

Child Thomas

Gisela Uhlen

Old Evelyne

Jo De Backer

Adult Thomas

Mireille Perrier

Adult Evelyne

Peter Böhlke

Old Alfred

Didier Ferney

Adult Alfred


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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

$1,228,153.00

Keywords

future

flashback

magic realism

childhood

unreliable narrator

switched at birth

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