Recommended from age 8. Dog, boy and war; mild Nazi chase.
Reason translated with AI from our Spanish original.
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- Fighting or violence
- Punches, weapons, injuries; slapstick barely counts.
- Difficult themes
- War, bullying, illness, broken families, hard real events.
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Félix Bossuet (opens in a new tab) Sébastien -
Tchéky Karyo (opens in a new tab) César -
Dimitri Storoge (opens in a new tab) Guillaume Cimaz -
Mehdi El Glaoui (opens in a new tab) André -
Andreas Pietschmann (opens in a new tab) Lieutenant Peter -
Urbain Cancelier (opens in a new tab) Mayor
Directed by: Nicolas Vanier (opens in a new tab)
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What it’s about
Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.
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