Regie:
Jaco Van DormaelScenario:
Jaco Van DormaelCamera:
Walther Vanden EndeMuziek:
Pierre van DormaelActeurs:
Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Sandrine Blancke, Klaus Schindler, Pascal Duquenne, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Harry Cleven, Bouli Lanners, Bernard Yerlès (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
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. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Prijzen
- winnaar
- nominatie
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1992 - Best Film not in the English Language
European Film Awards
- 1991 - Michel Bouquet (Best Actor)
- 1991 - Jaco Van Dormael (Best Screenwriter)
- 1991 - Walther Vanden Ende (Best Cinematographer)
- 1991 - Jaco Van Dormael (Best Young Film)
- 1991 - Sandrine Blancke (Best Supporting Actress)
César Awards
- 1992 - Best Foreign Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 1991 - Jaco Van Dormael (Golden Camera)