A Dog of Flanders (1999 film)
A Dog of Flanders is a 1999 film directed by Kevin Brodie. 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.
He has a friend named Anna Cogez who is his lifelong companion. Her father Nicholas Cogez owns the local mill. The wicked landlord is a vile man who is evil. Nello is an artist who rests his hopes on winning a famous art contest. As time passes and Nello grows older, the mill owner bans Nello from visiting his daughter, Nellos friend.One night, the evil landlord accidentally burns the mill to the ground and Nello is blamed by Nicholas. His grandfather dies shortly thereafter. People stop buying Nellos milk, and things turn bad for him. He is evicted by the landlord and loses the art contest. Walking through the city streets, Nello finds the mill owners wallet containing a vast sum of money. This is Christmas Day and he returns the wallet to the mill owners house, and departs into a Christmas Day winter blizzard. He seeks shelter in a church where there is a Rubens painting. He then has a dream of dying and that no one loves him. He decides that he wants to live his life after all. ........
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