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BELLE AND SEBASTIAN / BELLE ET SÉBASTIEN / БЕЛЛЬ И СЕБАСТЬЯН

FRANCE 2013,
104 MIN.

Director Nicolas Vanier
Script Nicolas Vanier, Juliette Sales, Fabien Suarez
Camera Eric Guichard
Design Sebastian Birchler
Music Armand Amar
Cast: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Chatelier, Dimitri Storoge, Andreas Pietschmann, Mehdi El Glaoui, Urbain Cancelier, Andrée Damant, Paloma Palma, Karine Adrover, Loïc Varraut, Jan Oliver Schroeder, Tom Sommerlatte, Matthieu Warter, Pasquale D’Inca
Producers Frédéric Brillion, Gilles Legrand, Matthieu Warter, Clément Miserez
Production Radar Films, Epithète Films, Gaumont

The lm is based on the Cécile Aubry novel of the same name. A small idyllic village in France before the Germans arrived during the Second World War. The life of the locals is broken by a stray mountain dog, in whom they see a dangerous enemy for children and animals. Only the little boy Sebastian managed to nd that the huge shaggy beast is in fact a beautiful dog. And he gives him the nickname Belle. Thus begins their true friendship and an adventure, during which they will experience many di culties.

NICOLAS VANIER
Born in 1962 in Dakar (Senegal) where his father served in the army. French traveler, writer, lm director and scriptwriter. As a teenager, he was literally fascinated by the Far North, and his rst expeditions took place in Northern Canada and Lapland. He made his lms while traveling, including in Siberia. His lm “Wolf” (2009), presented at the Cannes IFF, tells about the life of Evenks, nomadic reindeer herders, who live in the mountains of Eastern Siberia. Author of over 30 books. His lmography includes, among others, “L’enfant des neiges” (1995), “The Last Trapper” (2004), “Siberian Odyssey” (2006, TV), “The School of Life” (2017).

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