DOG OF FLANDERS

Nello is a boy who lives a poor but happy life, helping his grandfather to cart milk to the nearby village. He loves drawing and his dream is to become an artist just like Peter Paul Rubens. One day Nello finds Patrash, a dog that has been abused and abandoned, and takes him into his home. Over time, they develop a close friendship and come to depend on one another. Alois, a daughter of the richest family in the village, befriends with them, however, Nello’s poverty and his dream of becoming an artist alienate Alois’s father and the other villagers. Nello experiences firsthand the cruelty of the people he has grown up with, and must struggle to win their appreciation and respect.

Based on the novel “A Dog of Flanders” by Marie Louise de la Ramée