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A Dog of Flanders (1999)

A Dog of Flanders (1999)

Drama Family
Release Date: 1999, August 7
Directors: Kevin Brodie
Countries: United States of America
Production: Woodbridge Films
Cast: Andrew Bicknell, Jack Warden, Jon Voight, Madylin Sweeten, Jesse James, Jeremy Kissner, Bruce McGill, Cheryl Ladd, Bouli Lanners, Antje De Boeck, Jaak Van Assche, Fred Van Kuyk

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book dog pets 19th century antwerp boy and dog flanders