Toto the Hero (1991)
- Starring:
- Michel Bouquet, Jo de Backer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jaco van Dormael
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
Synopsis of Toto the Hero
Former circus performer Jaco Van Dormael made his feature-film directing bow with the Belgian/French/German coproduction Toto Le Héros. The title character is an fictional supersecret agent, idolized by a young boy named Thomas. The lad aspires to become Toto when he grows up; but thanks to a kaleidoscope of flashbacks and flashforwards, we know that he'll end up ordinary and unfulfilled. The film hopscotches between the Three Ages of Thomas: wide-eyed youngster, mediocrity-mired adult, bitter old man. The elder Thomas has never gotten over his childhood traumas and hatreds. He was always jealous of his wealthy boyhood friend Alfred, fantasizing that he and his chum were switched at birth. At the end, the aged Thomas escapes from a senior citizens' home -- an act which leads to Fate dealing its final ironic blow. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Toto the Hero
- Michel Bouquet - Thomas as an Old Man
- Thomas Godet - Thomas - As a Child
- Mireille Perrier - Evelyne as an Adult
- Didier Ferney - Alfred - As an Adult
- Hugo Harold Harrisson - Alfred - As a Child
- Patrick Waleffe - Official
- Christine Smeysters - Mrs. Kant
- Michel Robin - Alfred As an Old Man
- Robert Du Bois - Official
- Peter Bohlke - Alfred - As an Old Man
- Didier de Neck - Mr. Kant
- Pascal Duquenne - Celestin-As an Adult
- Jo de Backer - Thomas - As an Adult
- Sandrine Blancke - Alice
- Gisela Uhlen - Evelyne - As an Old Woman
- Fabienne Loriaux - Thomas's Mother
- Francois Toumarkine - Adult Celestin
- Francoise Bette - Nurse
- Klaus Schindler - Thomas's Father
- Karim Moussati - Celestin-As a Child
- Bernard Yerles - Man in the Train
- Harry Cleven - Gangster
- Josse de Pauw - Pilot
- Director(s):
- Jaco van Dormael
- Writer(s):
- Jaco van Dormael
- Producer(s):
- Dany Geys
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Sexual Situations, Not For Children, Violence, Nudity)
- 1991 - Cannes Film Festival - Camera d'Or
- 1991 - European Film Academy - Best Screenplay
- 1991 - European Film Academy - Best Actor
- 1991 - European Film Academy - Best "Young" European Film
- 1991 - European Film Academy - Best Cinematographer
- 1991 - French Academy of Cinema - Best Foreign Film
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