Belle et Sébastien

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For the band, see Belle & Sebastian.

Belle et Sébastien is a novel by Cécile Aubry about a six-year-old boy named Sebastian, and his dog Belle, a Great Pyrenees, who live in a small French Alps Mountain village on the French side of the border between France and Italy. Sebastian lives with his adopted grandfather, sister, and brother, as his mother, a Rom, died after giving birth to him while trying to cross the border on Saint Sebastian's day. The series, better known in the Anglosphere as Belle and Sebastian, was made into a French live-action television series in 1965, and a Japanese anime version nearly two decades later. Sebastien (credited only with the name of Mehdi) was played by Cecile Aubry's son^[1]

1 Other adaptations
- 1.1 Belle et Sébastien (1965-1970)
- 1.2 Meiken Jolie (1981)
2 External links
3 References

[edit] Other adaptations

[edit] Belle et Sébastien (1965-1970)

The live action show, filmed in black-and-white, was broadcast from 1965 to 1970. In 1967, it was dubbed and the title was anglicized to Belle and Sebastian and first appeared on British television's BBC2 in the morning, with an initial airing date of October 2, 1967 and its initial run concluded on January 1, 1968. Shown in the time slot after Blue Peter, this dubbed French adventure soon became an essential ingredient of school holiday television.^[2] Its authentic locations, sensitive writing, and winning performances by the actors, makes it an enduring classic. Its deep theme is the power and importance of love. The part of Sébastien in the TV series was played by Mehdi El Glaoui, Cécile Aubry's son from her marriage to a Moroccan prince. Mehdi also sings the final song, L'Oiseau (lyrics: http://www.paroles.net/chansons/11493.htm).

The Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian took their name from the TV series.

In The Simpsons episode Husbands and Knives there is a comic featuring a French boy and his dog much like that of Belle et Sébastien.

[edit] Meiken Jolie (1981)

Main article: Meiken Jolie

The anime version, released initially under its Japanese name of Meiken Jolie, was created in 1980, a joint production of France's MK Company and Visual 80 Productions and Japan's Toho Company, Ltd., with animation director Toshiyuki Kashiwakura helming the project and character designs from Shuichi Seki. The show was broadcast on French and Japanese television in 1981, with American cable network Nickelodeon picking it up in 1984.^[3]