A Dog of Flanders (1999)

6.3/10 • 96 min • Drama Family

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.

Cast

Jack Warden

Jeremy Kissner

Jesse James

Jon Voight

Cheryl Ladd

Bruce McGill

Steven Hartley

Andrew Bicknell

Antje De Boeck

Madylin Sweeten

Fred Van Kuyk

Bouli Lanners

Jaak Van Assche

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