Urbain Cancelier

September 1945. In the village, everybody is celebrating the end of the war. Sebastian has grown (the boy is now 10 years old). He and Belle are waiting impatiently for Angelina to return. But she never reaches Saint Martin. There is terrible news: Angelina was lost when her plane crashed deep in the Transalpine forest. All the villagers mourn her. All except César.

Clara, une jeune juive allemande, quitte son pays pour rejoindre son fiancé, Joseph Schreiber, installé à Paris. Le seul rêve de Clara : devenir française au pays de Zola et de Victor Hugo. S’intégrer quand on est allemand, c’est être plus français que les Français.

Two snails set off to the funeral of a dead leaf.

High up in the Alps and far away from the fighting of the Second World War, a small, peaceful village is home to a young boy named Sebastian. Sebastian is an orphan and life on the mountains is dangerous for a young boy. But he soon meets Belle, a wild dog who has a heart of gold. Sebastian tames Belle and they form an unshakable friendship.