Belle and Sebastian

Sebastian, whose mother died on the day he was born, lives with César, the patriarch of the mountains, along with Angelina and Jean, César's grandchildren. Wild and freedom-loving, the boy dreams of a large dog, terrified by its confinement in a kennel, that has escaped. The whole village fears the enormous animal. Only César understands the boy, and together they decide to set out in search of the dog.

Sebastian, now nine years old, still accompanied by Belle, meets up with Pierre Maréchal, his biological father, owner of a stud farm in Provence. But the reunion is difficult, especially since Pierre is riddled with debt and has many other worries on his mind...

After the mountain setting, after the tracks trodden by racehorses, Sebastian is traveling through a completely new landscape on the train that takes him to the sea. To Brittany, where he will meet an uncle, Captain Maréchal, whom he doesn't know but who has asked to see him. A carriage awaits him at the station, driven by a dignified, somewhat stiff woman dressed in black. The journey that will take Sebastian to Morsan, his uncle's estate, will already give him a glimpse of the strange, even fantastical, atmosphere that surrounds him. Clarisse, the lady in black who drives the carriage, does everything she can to ensure this: she speaks of misfortune, of souls that wander after death, particularly that of Joseph Thépahnie... The first contact with his uncle will be somewhat distant. The boy remains wary. The captain has chosen him as his heir.