Toto the Hero
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jaco Van Dormael
Jo De Backer
Thomas Godet
Patrick Waleffe
Didier Deneck
Fabienne Loriaux
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A middle-aged man, suspecting that he was accidentally switched at birth and a poorer man because of it, regains his childhood imagination.
Director
Jaco Van Dormael
Cast
Jo De Backer
Thomas Godet
Patrick Waleffe
Didier Deneck
Fabienne Loriaux
Gisela Uhlen
Michel Bouquet
Didier Ferney
Karim Moussati
Peter Bohlke
Josse Depauw
Sandrine Blancke
Mireille Perrier
Christine Smeysters
Harry Cleven
Michel Robin
Klaus Schindler
Hugo Harold Harrisson
Francois Toumarkine
Pascal Duquenne
Crew
Guy Cantraine
Danilo Catti
An D'huys
Olivier Delavelaye
Gerda Diddens
Ushi Drews
Luc Drion
Pierre Drouot
Philippe Dussart
Dany Geys
Luciano Gloor
Chantal Hymans
Vincent Itterbeek
Joelle Keyser
Jean-paul Loublier
Jacqueline Louis
Jacqueline Louis
Hubert Pouille
Susana Rossberg
Pierre Speyer
Pierre Stenuit
Gilbert Stoffyn
Yvette Stoffyn
Charles Trenet
Anne Van Bree
Kaatje Van Damme
Jaco Van Dormael
Pierre Van Dormael
Benoit Van Wambeke
Suzanne Van Well
Walther Vanden Ende
Walther Vanden Ende
Laurette Vankeerberghen
Dominique Warnier
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 1991 Felix Awards for Young European Film of the Year, Best Actor (Michel Bouquet), Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Also nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Winner of the Camera d'Or for best first feature at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
Winner of the Cesar Award for Best Foreign Film.
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States August 1991
Released in United States January 1992
Released in United States March 13, 1992
Released in United States May 1991
Released in United States on Video June 2, 1993
Released in United States September 1991
Released in United States Spring March 6, 1992
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1991.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (New Directors) August 10-25, 1991.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (out of competition) August 7-16, 1991.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1991.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 20 - October 6, 1991.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-15, 1992.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Open Zone) September 19-28, 1991.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (The Edge) September 5-14, 1991.
Composer Pierre Van Dormael is the director Jaco Van Dormael's brother.
Feature directorial debut for Jaco van Dormael. The film took five years from development through completion. Van Dormael made an English-language short from the "Toto le Heros" script to test the possibility of shooting the feature-length version in English.
Received the Charles Chaplin New Directors Award at the 1991 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Began 13-week shoot August 1990.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 22 - September 2, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 20 - October 6, 1991.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.)
Released in United States January 1992 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 8-15, 1992.)
Released in United States Spring March 6, 1992
Released in United States March 13, 1992 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States May 1991 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 1991.)
Released in United States on Video June 2, 1993
Released in United States August 1991 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (New Directors) August 10-25, 1991.)
Released in United States August 1991 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (out of competition) August 7-16, 1991.)
Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals (The Edge) September 5-14, 1991.)
Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Open Zone) September 19-28, 1991.)
