Belle and Sebastian 

Mountain-based adventures of a young boy and his dog in a small village in the southern Alps.

Stars:

Mehdi El Glaoui, Cécile Aubry, Edmond Beauchamp

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mehdi El Glaoui	...	Sébastien 23 episodes, 1965-1968
Cécile Aubry	...	La narratrice / ... 10 episodes, 1965-1968
Edmond Beauchamp	...	César 14 episodes, 1965-1968
Dominique Blondeau	...	Jean 13 episodes, 1965
Paloma Matta	...	Angelina 13 episodes, 1965
Flanker	...	Belle 13 episodes, 1965
Jean-Michel Audin	...	Docteur Guillaume 12 episodes, 1965
Maurice Poli	...	Norbert Legrand 10 episodes, 1965
Pierre Massimi	...	Berg 10 episodes, 1965
Albert Dagnant	...	Johannot 10 episodes, 1965
Louise Marleau	...	Sylvia Lambert 10 episodes, 1968
Martine Capdevielle	...	Jeannette 10 episodes, 1968
Jean-Pierre Andréani	...	Bertrand 10 episodes, 1968

Storyline

Mountain-based adventures of a young boy and his dog in a small village in the southern Alps.

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Plot Keywords:

human dog relationship | character names as series title | forename in title | animal character name in title | belle the dog character | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Apparently for promotional reasons and because no credits were listed, the impression was given that Mehdi El Glaoui sang the various theme songs of the three seasons. In 2009, Mehdi admitted that he did try to record them at his mother's behest, but he felt he did a poor job and convinced her to shelve them. In fact, two of them were sung by members of the boys' choir Les Petits chanteurs d'Asnières, which later on spawned the popular group Les Poppys. The first season's title song 'Belle' was by a still unknown singer, but the well-known "L'Oiseau", from the second series, was performed by Bruno Victoire Polius, who as a teenager shot to fame as the lead singer of the Poppys hit single "Non non rien n'a changé". Harry Trowbridge, also of Les Poppys, recorded "La sirène aux longs cheveux" for the third and final season, called 'Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane'.

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Connections

Featured in Paws, Claws & Videotape (2010)

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Soundtracks

L'Oiseau
(Title Theme)
Lyrics by Cécile Aubry
Music by Daniel White and Éric Demarsan
[theme for the second season]

User Reviews

Classic from my childhood

Fabulous evocative of a fictional France that everybody wanted to exsist but probably never did. An French equivalent of the Ealing Comedies

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 September 1965 (France)

Also Known As:

Bella i Sebastian

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

26 min (39 episodes) 25 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1