A Dog of Flanders (1999)

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 Dutchspeaking part of modernday 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 Nellos mother Mary who died when Nello was very young Nellos 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