Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
129 audience votes
Key crew
- Jaco Van DormaelDirector
- Pierre van DormaelOriginal Music Composer
- Laurette VankeerberghenWriter
- Pascal LonhayWriter
- Jaco Van DormaelScreenplay
- Didier De NeckWriter
Cast
- Michel BouquetOld Thomas
- Thomas GodetChild Thomas
- Gisela UhlenOld Evelyne
- Jo De BackerAdult Thomas
- Mireille PerrierAdult Evelyne
- Sandrine BlanckeAlice
- Peter BöhlkeOld Alfred
- Didier FerneyAdult Alfred
- Hugo Harold-HarrisonChild Alfred
- Pascal DuquenneAdult Cèlestin
- Karim MoussatiChild Cèlestin
- Léopold Verlaine-CorbionBaby Thomas
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Themes
futureflashbackmagic realismchildhoodunreliable narratorswitched at birth