Toto le héros

Jun 19 1991 PG-13 1h 31m
Comedy, Drama, 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.

Plot

Thomas and Alfred were born around the same time; a fire in the nursery had nurses scrambling to save the newborns. Because he felt that he deserved Alfred's good fortune at being born into a wealthy family, Thomas conceives the idea that he and Alfred were switched at birth, and he can't help seeing that his unhappiness should be Alfred's, from the loss of his sister to his inability to have a relationship with the woman Evelyne. So, as his life is ending, he formulates a plan of revenge against his bitter enemy, his lifetime adversary, the man who stole his existence.

Written by

Didier De Neck, Pascal Lonhay, Jaco Van Dormael

Directed by

Jaco Van Dormael

Cast

Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, France, Belgium

Production Companies

Iblis Films

Languages

Français

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award17 wins & 3 nominations total

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