Feb 12 Alliance Française Ciné-Club: Belle et Sébastien
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Feb 12 Alliance Française Ciné-Club: Belle et Sébastien
Friday, February 12, 7 pm
MUSC Basic Science Auditorium, 173 Ashley Avenue, Charleston.
Rescheduled from the November French Film Festival. Bring your festival pass or ticket if already purchased. (If you have lost it, please contact Luc Chasleries, who will have your name on a list at the door.) $5; $3 for AF members and students under 25. In French with English subtitles.
Belle et Sébastien, 2013
Directed by Nicolas Vanier. Based on the original story by actress-writer Cécile Aubry. 104 minutes.
The novel "Belle et Sébastien" by actress-author Cécile Aubry has endured since 1965, inspiring several films, television series and even the name of a Scottish indie band. Sébastien lives with his grizzled grandfather, César, in a vertiginous mountain village in the French Alps and crosses path with a giant filthy Pyrenean Mountain dog that the locals have dubbed "the Beast" for allegedly killing sheep. Sébastien, however, befriends the animal, naming her Belle. Their friendship is put to the test when Nazi occupiers march into town looking for members of the French Resistance who are guiding Jewish refugees to nearby Switzerland. With their intimate knowledge of the nooks and crannies of the alpine valleys, Belle and Sébastien help point the way to safety in the breathtaking scenery of the Haute Maurienne-Vanoise valley.
Won Audience Award at 2015 Minneapolis International Film Festival and Family film at the 2014 Seattle Film festival.