Toto the Hero

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.

Keywords

  • BAFTA Film Awards
  • Focus: Jaco Van Dormael
  • Les César du cinéma

Actors

  • Michel Bouquet
  • Thomas Godet
  • Gisela Uhlen
  • Jo De Backer
  • Mireille Perrier

Director

  • Jaco Van Dormael

Drama, Comedy

1h 31min

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Belgium
France
Germany
1991
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.

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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