

07/08/1999
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.

Jack Warden
as Jehan

Jeremy Kissner
as Nello

Jesse James
as Young Nello

Jon Voight
as Michel

Cheryl Ladd
as Anna

Bruce McGill
as William

Steven Hartley
as Cogez

Andrew Bicknell
as Stephens

Farren Monet
as Aloise

Antje De Boeck
as Millie

Madylin Sweeten
as Young Aloise

James Garde
as Steerns

Jenny Tanghe
as Gertrude

Fred Van Kuyk
as Mayor

Bouli Lanners
as Constable

Jaak Van Assche
as Heckler
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