A six-year-old boy and his dog look to foil a Nazi effort to capture French Resistance fighters.

In 1943, in the French Alps, the orphan Sébastien lives in a small village with his grandfather César, who is a shepherd, and his aunt Angélina, who is a baker. Sébastien misses his mother and believes she has traveled to America. He expects to get a watch with compass as a gift from her. The local Dr. Guillaume is a member of the Frech resistance that helps Jewish refugees to flee to Switzerland and the German Lieutenant Peter and troop are hunting down the resistance. When sheep are found slaughtered, César and the other residents believe that a stray dog that has been abused by his owner is the responsible and hunt it down. Sébastien finds the dog, gives the name of Belle to her and they become friends. But the animal is considered a beast by the inhabitants. Will Sébastien be capable to save Belle?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Orphan Sébastien lives happily in a tiny French Alps village with his adoptive 'grandpa' César, a nature-loving shepherd, and 'aunt' Angélina, the local baker, in 1943 both helping local Dr. Guillaume as member of the French resistance to guide Jews over the mountains to neutral Switzerland past the patrols of gentleman German lieutenant Peter, who has a crush on Angélina. All village men, even César, believe the feline 'monster' who killed several sheep must be put down, but Seb finds, hides and befriends bastard sheep dog 'Belle', who proves herself friendly enough to win over César and even helpful when they step in for Guillaume, whose foot injury disables him, and face an avalanche.—KGF Vissers

Six-year-old Sebastian (Bossuet) lives on the mountainside with a kindly but gruff caretaker (Karyo) and no real family of his own. As such he is left to his own devices and is often found roaming the countryside. Belle is a wild mountain dog who has escaped from her cruel owner. When Sebastian first crosses paths with Belle, he must keep their new friendship a secret.