Toto the Hero (1991) ( Toto le héros ) ( Toto der Held )

Toto the Hero (1991) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Toto le héros
Alternate Title: Toto der Held
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
European Film Awards
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jaco van Dormael

Written By:
Jaco van Dormael
Didier De Neck
Pascal Lonhay

Actors:
Michel Bouquet ..... Thomas, as an old man
Jo De Backer ..... Thomas, as an adult
Thomas Godet ..... Thomas, as a child
Gisela Uhlen ..... Evelyne as an old woman
Mireille Perrier ..... Evelyne as young woman
Sandrine Blancke ..... Alice
Peter Böhlke ..... Alfred as an old man
Didier Ferney ..... Alfred, as an adult
Hugo Harold Harrison ..... Alfred, as a child
Fabienne Loriaux ..... Thomas' Mother
Klaus Schindler ..... Thomas' Father
Pascal Duquenne ..... Celestin, as an adult
Karim Moussati ..... Celestin, as a child
Didier De Neck ..... Mr. Kant
Christine Smeysters ..... Mrs. Kant

Synopsis:

Former circus performer Jaco Van Dormael made his feature-film directing bow with the Belgian/French/German co-production Toto Le Héros. The title character is an fictional super secret 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 flash forwards, 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.

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.

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