Toto the Hero (1991)
May 17, 1991
Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
1h 31m


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Jaco Van Dormael
- Old Thomas Michel Bouquet
- Old Evelyne Gisela Uhlen
- Adult Evelyne Mireille Perrier
- Alice Sandrine Blancke
- Old Alfred Peter Böhlke
- Adult Cèlestin Pascal Duquenne
- Pilot Josse De Pauw
- Bouli Lanners
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Keywords
- future
- flashback
- magic realism
- childhood
- unreliable narrator
- switched at birth