Released:
1999-08-07

Overview:
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.

Director:
Kevin Brodie

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama, Family

• Cast:
• 
  Jack Warden
  as
  Jehan
• 
  Jeremy James Kissner
  as
  Nello
• 
  Jesse James
  as
  Young Nello
• 
  Jon Voight
  as
  Michel
• 
  Cheryl Ladd
  as
  Anna