Toto the Hero

1991 · directed by Jaco Van Dormael

Rating
78/100
Hit
no

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.

Toto the Hero (1991), directed by Jaco Van Dormael, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Michel Bouquet
  • Thomas Godet
  • Gisela Uhlen
  • Jo De Backer
  • Mireille Perrier
  • Sandrine Blancke
  • Peter Böhlke
  • Didier Ferney
  • Hugo Harold-Harrison
  • Pascal Duquenne

Crew

  • Walther van den Ende — Director of Photography
  • Susana Rossberg — Editor
  • Pierre van Dormael — Original Music Composer
  • Jaco Van Dormael — Screenplay
  • Didier De Neck — Writer
  • Laurette Vankeerberghen — Writer
  • Pascal Lonhay — Writer

More from Jaco Van Dormael

  1. Lumière & Company (1995) — 80/100 · hit
  2. Mr. Nobody (2009) — 72/100
  3. The Brand New Testament (2015) — 72/100
  4. The Eighth Day (1996) — 71/100

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