BELLE & SEBASTIAN 

| 2014  – 99′ –  Adventures / Family / Coming of Age –
Co-Written and Directed by Nicolas Vanier.
Starring Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Chatelier, Dimitri Storoge.
In French with English subtitles.
A Film Movement release.|

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Based on the acclaimed children’s novel by Cécile Aubry, BELLE and SEBASTIAN follows the courageous adventures of a young boy and his giant sheepdog amidst the stunning backdrop of the snow-covered Alps. In WWII-occupied France, on the border of Switzerland, six-year-old Sebastian tames the enormous, yet gentle mountain dog Belle, who, despite the fears of the local villagers, becomes his best friend and protector. When the Nazis arrive and begin rooting out resistance members and Jewish refugees, Belle and Sebastian prove their loyalty – the village and each other – when they undertake a treacherous journey to help the cause.

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SCHOOL OF LIFE

| 2018 – 100′ – Family / Adventures – Written and Directed by Nicolas Vanier.
Starring François Cluzet, Eric Elmosnino, François Berléand, Jean Scandel.
Official Competition COLCOA 2018.
In French with English Subtitles.
A Distrib Films U.S. release. |

Paris 1930.
Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building in the Parisian working class suburbs. Entrusted to a joyful country woman, Célestine, and her husband, Borel, the rather stiff gamekeeper of a vast estate in Sologne, the city child, recalcitrant and stubborn, arrives in a mysterious and disturbing world, that of a soverign and wild region.

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