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A Dog of Flanders movie storyline. 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.
A Dog of Flanders is a 1999 film directed by Kevin Brodie and starring Jack Warden, Jeremy James Kissner, Jesse James, Jon Voight, Cheryl Ladd, Steven Hartley, and Bruce McGill. The screenplay was written by Brodie and Robert Singer, based on the novel of the same name by Ouida. The film was shot on location in Belgium. It was the fifth film based on the original novel.
A Dog of Flanders (1999)
Directed by: Kevin Brodie
Starring: Jack Warden, Jeremy James Kissner, Jesse James, Jon Voight, Cheryl Ladd, Steven Hartley, Bruce McGill, Andrew Bicknell, Farren Monet, Madylin Sweeten
Screenplay by: Kevin Brodie, Robert Singer
Production Design by: Attila Kovács, Hubert Pouille
Cinematography by: Walther van den Ende
Film Editing by: Annamaria Szanto
Costume Design by: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Set Decoration by: Guy Cantraine
Art Direction by: Stefan Ruben
Music by: Richard Friedman
MPAA Rating: PG for one scene of mild violence, mild language and thematic elements.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: August 27, 1999
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