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Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Poor but happy, young Nello and his grandfather live alone, delivering milk as a livelihood, in the outskirts of Antwerp, a city in Flanders (the Flemish or Dutch-speaking part of modern-day Belgium). They discover a beaten dog (a Bouvier, a large sturdy dog native to Flanders) and adopt it and nurse it back to health, naming it Patrasche, the middle name of Nello's mother Mary, who died when Nello was very young. Nello's mother was a talented artist, and like his mother, he delights in drawing, and his friend Aloise is his model and greatest fan and supporter.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic38/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Kevin BrodieDirector
- Robert SingerScreenplay
- Kevin BrodieScreenplay
- Richard FriedmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jack WardenJehan
- Jeremy KissnerNello
- Jesse JamesYoung Nello
- Jon VoightMichel
- Cheryl LaddAnna
- Bruce McGillWilliam
- Steven HartleyCogez
- Andrew BicknellStephens
- Farren MonetAloise
- Antje De BoeckMillie
- Madylin SweetenYoung Aloise
- James GardeSteerns
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookantwerpflandersdogboy and dog19th centurypets