Starring: Jack Warden, Jeremy Kissner, Jesse James
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
Production
Woodbridge Films
Cast
Jack Warden, Jeremy Kissner, Jesse James, Jon Voight, Cheryl Ladd, Bruce McGill, Steven Hartley, Andrew Bicknell, Farren Monet, Antje De Boeck, Madylin Sweeten, James Garde, Jenny Tanghe, Fred Van Kuyk, Bouli Lanners, Jaak Van Assche