Andrew Bicknell, Antje de Boeck, Bruce McGill, Cheryl Ladd, Deborah Pollitt ...( see more  see more... ) , Dirk Lavryssen , Farren Monet , Jack Warden , James Garde , Jeremy James Kissner , Jesse James , Jon Voight , Madylin Sweeten , Michel Vanderlinden , Steven Hartley

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)....( read more  read more... ) 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.

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PG, 96 min.

Directed by: Kevin Brodie

Release Date: August 7, 1999

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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003

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  • January 31, 2009
    17th-century young orphan named Nello Daas (Jesse James) finds a battered dog when he named him Patrasche is named after Nello's mother's middle name to nurse him back to health. Nello Daas (Jeremy Jesse Kissner) is truly talent artist just like his mother: Mary Daas (Deborah Po...( read more)llitt).
  • April 18, 2008
    This story is really sad,.....I cried...:(
  • February 1, 2008
    a nice movie some sad parts and happy. it shows u u can really do what ever u want as long as u try!
  • December 21, 2007
    Such a cute story^^ Loved young Nello.
  • November 9, 2007
    its a life leeson movie
  • April 5, 2007
    Amazingly amazingly awesome film. Great acting, lovely story.
  • February 23, 2007
    oh this kind of stories always get to me.. i've got a soft spot for them.. besides i loved the novelsince the very first time i saw it as anime cartoon series.

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