BELLE AND SEBASTIAN THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
SAINT MARTIN, SEPTEMBER 1945
Victoria, your cookies!
Straight home after class. Homework comes first!
Come on, Octave!
Hurry!
Get a move on!
We can go in now. In you go!
That's right, all together. Hurry.
You can play later.
Young ladies?
- Hello, Mr Mayor! - Yes, hello! Go on in!
Right away, sir.
The holidays can't come soon enough.
Boys, to your seats!
- Octave? - Here.
- Marguerite? - Here.
- Philippe? - Here.
Sebastian?
Has anyone seen Sebastian?
No.
Come on, Belle!
You're gonna love this!
There's plenty of room.
Don't be such a chicken!
Sit tight and hang on.
OK, Belle?
3, 2, 1...
Here we go!
Come on, Belle!
Follow me!
- Careful, son! - Slow down!
- Hey, kid! - Follow me!
Come on!
Belle, hurry!
It's going too fast!
Told you you'd love it!
Thanks, Belle, you saved me.
Where'd I put them?
Honestly!
Where on earth are they?
Will Angelina be wearing her war medal?
In her letter, she says a general gave it to her. A general!
Sure. How many times do I have to tell you?
Not a war medal, a Resistance medal.
Same difference.
Help me find my shoes, will you?
Will she have a machine gun? Soldiers do.
They have rifles. And I told you, Angelina isn't a soldier.
Belle, please!
Maybe she killed Germans.
Look...
If she sees the chalet like this, she'll kill us.
I was sure I put them there.
Please, help me.
Hold on, I'm almost done.
- Double L in 'welcome'? - Silly! It's double M.
Don't you learn anything at school?
Thanks, Belle.
In a hurry?
More than a hurry.
Is that for your son?
Kind of.
I bet it's a toy car.
A Fiat 500 Topolino.
Red, hand painted.
- How did you guess? - We all bought the same.
I hope he'll like it. I haven't seen him for two years.
You won't recognise him.
Recognise him, no problem.
But me, that's another issue.
Strap yourselves in!
One engine down.
I repeat, one engine down.
You have to dress up for Angelina.
Come on, Belle.
Come on!
Cesar, do you think she will let me wear her military medal?
- Not a chance, it's for me. - Stop it!
Resistance medal! As I keep telling you. You're so stubborn!
Here she comes! It's Angelina! She's here!
She's not here.
Shut the door, please.
Where is she?
Go on.
César!
Wait here.
What do you want?
The Ministry called.
Which Ministry? What are you talking about?
WELCOMME HOMME
That's all I know.
The Prefect talked to the fire chief.
The plane crash started a forest fire.
They searched all over.
They did all they could.
There are no survivors.
I'm sorry.
The body?
The plane went up in smoke.
There are no bodies.
There's always a body.
César...
It's hopeless.
I'm sure she's not dead.
Have you ever seen a plane crash?
And you?
Have you ever seen one?
The firemen saw burning wreckage.
And turned back.
What else could they do?
They could search until they find something.
All right, we take twenty men and search the forest.
While it burns?
We'd have to turn back too.
No, we need to fly over the crash zone.
You'll ask you-know-who?
No, not that creep.
But he has a plane.
Yes.
Sure, but he's a creep.
Truth is, the thought of telling Sebastian scares you.
- He's too young. - He'll be ten soon!
The kid has a right to know.
You-know-who, too.
Who's you-know-who?
I'll be going.
Who's you-know-who?
We're going to find Angelina.
No body means there's hope.
Who's you-know-who?
Your mother was wearing this when she died.
When you were born,
I put you on her chest to feel her heat.
Your tiny hand grabbed hold of her necklace.
She smiled at you...
She glanced at me and...
I never found out where she was from.
Pierre Marceau.
Marceau. Pierre Marceau.
You-know-who. Your father.
I planned to tell you, as soon as you could understand.
Understand what?
A man whose pregnant wife roams the hills in winter can't be a good guy.
Now we need him. He's a pilot.
Only he can help us find Angelina.
Sebastian Marceau? That's a terrible name.
He never even tried to find me.
For sure, a man whose pregnant wife roams the hills in winter
can't be a good guy.
Come on, we'll bring her back.
Here goes.
Pierre Marceau?
No, just his mechanic.
- We want Pierre Marceau. - Here he comes.
What's up?
You won't leave me with him, will you?
Take a good look at me.
When he finds out, maybe he'll want to keep me.
And what will you say?
I'll say I need help to repair the roof and shear the sheep.
I won't let my best worker walk out on me.
Look... we don't have to tell him everything,
just about Angelina, and see what he's like,
then we decide.
All right?
You're right. We don't have to tell him.
- We'll tell him, just not yet. - Exactly.
You dozed off? I called in 15 times!
Blame the radio, not me.
- The Flathead screws? - I welded them.
You did?
I guess I'll re-weld them.
I guess so.
Let's go.
And the carburettor's belching smoke.
What's that thing?
- A dog. - That's a bear.
Get rid of it, I hate dogs.
She doesn't bite.
No kidding? Tie her up anyway.
Here, Belle.
I see this isn't a good time.
- But we need you. - Who sent you?
- Nobody. - Nobody didn't tell you I'm busy?
Put this in the barn.
Manu will stop by tonight.
My niece went missing two days ago in a plane crash near the Italian border.
My condolences.
We haven't got all day!
It was a military plane.
The army has given up.
Look...
Only you can help us.
Listen, Granddad, I don't think you get it.
It'll take you at most one half-day.
If you get off the ground.
Pardon me?
French pilot, German machinery.
The best single-engine in Europe.
The Americans have nothing like it.
People pay good money just to sit in it.
I bet.
Is that a yes?
You pay the fuel.
- When do we leave? - "We" don't. No passengers.
I'm allergic to dog hairs. Tie up the grizzly.
Don't trust him!
He won't let us go with him.
Sebastian...
He won't look for Angelina.
- He just wants your money. - You're angry.
I'm not angry!
Disappointed, then.
Only he can help us.
Watch out for your dog!
Hold onto it while he takes off.
Belle?
Sebastian?
Sebastian!
- On the plane with the dog. - What?
Get on the radio! Call him!
Keep calm.
We're safe here, it's OK.
Look, we're flying!
The boy's on the plane!
This is Louis. Do you read me? Pierre, the boy...
- Louis? - You read me?
- Yes, Louis. - Pierre...
I can't hear a thing.
- What? - No reception.
- I can't hear you! - Do you read me?
I repeat, the boy and dog are aboard.
That's Angelina's plane.
Yikes!
See that? Orange smoke!
It's not the forest fire. It must be Angelina!
What's he doing? Where's he going?
Wait! Turn back! I saw smoke!
- Are you nuts? - It's Angelina!
- Sit down! Hold the dog! - Turn back!
I give the orders here! Sit down and hold your dog!
- I saw orange smoke! - Sit down!
Please, listen!
- Unbelievable! - Please!
- It's her! - Let go!
- Let go! - Turn back!
- I saw it! - Stop!
I saw it! She's alive!
- We gotta go back! - Let go!
Do as I say!
Get off!
- Get off me! - Let go, Belle!
Let him go!
MOVE!
Shit!
Damn mutt!
No! No way!
Where's the wheel?
It's all right.
Look, grass. We've landed.
"It's all right"?
Who takes a dog on a plane?
You didn't look for Angelina. You whizzed past.
You're kidding me!
You're a calamity!
You nearly killed us all!
How do we get home? Look!
In the middle of nowhere!
You still didn't look for her.
Louis, this is Pierre.
Can you hear me?
Louis?
Can you hear me?
Listen...
The kid's with me.
Thanks to him, we've crash-landed...
Pierre, your coordinates?
Are you reading me?
He can't hear us.
After crash... near a lake.
North-north-west of zone.
What did he say?
North-north-west?
Best plane in Europe?
Ask if he saw Angelina's plane!
- Angelina's plane! - Where...
I had a bad feeling about today.
Really bad.
It could be here.
He mentioned a lake, maybe that one.
What are you doing?
Italy is two days' walk.
Three, tops.
- You wanna go on foot? - I won't abandon Sebastian.
What are you waiting for?
- I'm coming too? - Don't expect me to fix the plane.
What are you waiting for? Let's go.
Sure, there's a hotel down the road.
That sells landing gear. Lucky us!
Let's go find Angelina. I saw...
Orange smoke, I know. I'm not deaf.
It came from up there.
Why would she be up there? Tell me, if you're so smart.
I don't know. For protection?
Listen up.
We go nowhere until my plane is fixed.
Can you get that into your head?
César paid and you did nothing.
You're not a real pilot. Just a thief.
You're lucky you're a kid!
I'll pretend I didn't hear that.
Come on, Belle. Let's go.
Good riddance.
You'll be back in an hour, whining like a girl.
We don't need him anyway. He's useless.
We did right, not to tell him he's my father.
Damn it!
In any case, we don't need him.
We don't need him.
Screw it!
Sebastian!
OK...
Smart-ass, aren't you?
Cep mushrooms.
Honestly, she doesn't bite.
So what's that?
Well, she doesn't usually bite.
Even so.
I'd rather you tied her up.
She hates being tied up.
Because when she was little,
her owner hurt her.
So it scares her now.
How am I supposed to know that?
Why don't you like dogs?
They don't like me.
And can you explain that?
Look... your granddad paid me to fly over the zone.
- And I did. - Not long enough.
OK...
Know what? We'll check out your orange smoke.
So you see I'm right.
Then home. Got it?
From now on, I give the orders!
Is that clear?
I won't tie her up.
Keep cool.
I take it back. I bet you're a great mutt.
When I say mutt, you know what I mean.
There you go. Good doggie.
And tighten those Flathead screws or we can't take off.
My plane is the best single-thingy in Europe.
And you the world's best mechanic.
From now on, I give tho orders. ls that clear?
How about I do it?
- That way. - Sure?
Positive.
If you go getting us lost...
César says you can survive ten days in the forest.
If César says so.
How long do you think Angelina can survive?
I don't know.
I was born in the snow and I didn't even die!
- Born in the snow? - César found me at Grand Baou.
- He's not your real granddad? - No.
Where's your mother?
She's dead.
And your father?
I don't have a father.
OK.
So Angelina's kind of your mum?
No, Angelina's Angelina.
That's why I know she's not dead.
If you say so.
I know what you're thinking, but you don't know her.
César says she's pig-headed!
I think she killed Krauts in the war.
Killing Krauts changes everything.
- What about you? During the war? - I didn't kill Krauts.
- I stole their crate. - Their what?
MY plane.
I was a POW, I escaped with it.
- You escaped? - Yes.
But I didn't kill any Krauts.
Here...
I bet César's never seen that.
- What is it? - Chewing gum.
Chewing what?
Chewing gum. An American gave it to me.
America's way out west. You get there by boat.
Whatever you do, don't swallow it.
Look...
And another...
OK? You like chewing gum?
César says water makes you rust inside.
That's why he doesn't wash very often.
Let's go, Belle.
Let me see that.
Who did you steal it from?
I didn't steal it.
Don't lie to me!
Where did you get this?
I'm not lying. It's mine!
You know the name on the medallion?
Pierre Marceau.
It was my baptism medallion.
I gave it to Lisa.
Where'd you get it?
It was my mother's.
Your mother's?
You told me she was dead.
On Saint Sebastian's day. Ten years ago.
What's that in your legs?
Marshmallow?
36 hours we've been walking.
Without a break.
Can't we stop for the night, at least?
A kid lost out here, with you-know-who...
We walk until we find him.
- No way! - Waiting for the Flood?
We need to talk.
What's up, Belle?
Sebastian, listen!
She'll come back!
- There's something wrong! - This is important.
- Belle, wait for me! - Come back here!
- I said, come back! - Wait, Belle!
I don't believe this.
- Come here! - Belle!
- Help! - Belle! Wait for me!
- Help! - Belle, wait!
Help!
- Belle! - Quiet!
Watch out!
- Belle! - No! No! Sebastian!
Bravo, Belle! You're the best!
You scared him to death!
Never again! Never!
When I say, stay with me, you stay with me!
- You'll get yourself killed. - Stop yelling! ls that all you can do?
And you, besides being a pest? What can you do?
- All right? Not hurt? - It's the fire. It drove the bear crazy.
Thank you. Thanks a lot.
- You're the best. - Her name's Belle.
And mine's Gabriele.
Italian.
- I'm Sebastian. - Where are your parents?
Back there, with the firemen.
Firemen? They'll help us find Angelina. Come on, Belle!
Hey! Our stuff?
How did you climb up so high?
It's my job, I'm a lumberjack.
- A lumberjack'? You? - Sure, I am.
My father got shot in the leg in the war.
So now, I climb the trees.
I earn more than all the other lumberjacks.
And you're not scared?
Nothing scares me. I'm Italian.
César says the Krauts are swine. But Italians, not so sure.
Know what my father says?
If he finds the Frenchman who put a bullet in his leg,
he'll snap him in two.
You didn't take a pot-shot at my dad, did you?
You should see your face!
- This way? - Yes, let's go.
Your aunt's plane crashed near our camp.
Are there any survivors?
I don't know, the camp's full of refugees.
Did you hear that, Belle?
Watch out!
Come on, this way.
Coming?
- All right? - Yes.
Marcel? Marcel, can we talk?
Marcel...
We've been sitting here for two days.
My lumberjacks can't wait for it to rain.
You don't understand.
Until the fire is under control...
I'm sick of hearing the same thing!
- My boys need to work. - That's my father.
Without my tools, we're stuck.
We need to get back to work.
You won't find them. The fire's closing in.
You stay here.
And you?
Where did you get to this morning? I looked all over.
- I got attacked by a bear. - A bear! Don't tell tales!
These guys saved me.
- He's telling the truth. - He is?
She rarely tells the truth.
You're a girl?
The refugees' tent is this way. Come on.
Come back!
Gabriela!
Are you really a girl? How come...
What's your aunt look like?
I haven't seen her for two years.
She's tall, blonde...
- Long hair? - Yes.
There's a Frenchwoman with long blonde hair.
It's her. I'm sure it's Angelina!
Follow me.
Hear that? She's here!
I knew it.
I knew it!
Angelina!
My aunt was on that plane. Let's go find her!
Don't be silly.
She survived. I saw orange smoke by the cliffs.
That's off limits. It's too dangerous.
- Sorry about him. He's a bit... - We have to rescue her right now!
- Come with me. Let me explain. - Listen to your dad.
If the wind rises, the fire will trap you.
Come with me.
Sebastian...
César should have told you...
Angelina won't come back.
Why do you say that? That's horrible!
She's dead.
Wrong. You're wrong!
Gabriela's father saw the plane crash.
He saw it in flames.
I'm sorry.
Liar. You're all liars.
Look at me.
Look at me, Sebastian.
It's the truth. You have to accept it.
César will tell you so.
I knew we couldn't trust you.
Just like you did with my mother,
you'll abandon her.
We don't need these scaredy-cats.
We'll show him she's not dead.
Look, Angelina's scarf!
Only you can track her down.
You remember the orange smoke?
Angelina's over there!
Go, Belle! Find her!
Go on, Belle, find her!
This is a restricted area!
- Go, Belle! - Come back!
Well played, Belle.
We lost them.
- Where are you going? - Let go!
- Hold still! - It's too dangerous.
Run, Belle! Find Angelina!
Come here, you!
Let go of me!
Calm down! It's for your own good.
It's hell! You'll fry in minutes.
What's this?
- Your son? - Yes.
- You're nuts! Keep an eye on him. - Sorry, leave him to me.
- Where's your dog? - What do you care?
You hate dogs!
You airhead!
You have to stop this!
I'm tired of it, so you obey me, got it?
You're not my father! I hate you!
- Quit yelling! - I'll yell if I want!
Come here!
Let go of me! Let go of me!
Let go of me!
- Go ahead. - Thanks.
Let go of me!
You're using the truck?
No, we've unloaded it.
In we go!
- Keys, please. - Sure.
Let me out!
You have no right!
See, that's where this gets you!
Open up!
Just till he calms down.
- Is there a problem? - I didn't say a word.
I didn't know the kid two days ago.
You mean, he's not your son?
Sure... He's my son.
It's complicated.
You were right. Your dad's way stricter than mine.
He's not strict.
He's stupid! He doesn't get it.
I get it.
I'm sorry about your aunt.
- Get me out of here! - You idiot, not now.
Wait till it's dark.
You'll help me?
Slow down, pipsqueak. If Dad catches me, he'll kill me.
Why do you do that?
Do what?
Pretend to be a boy.
I'm not pretending.
The girls I know don't hide their hair.
Where you're from maybe, not here.
What's the difference?
Lumberjacks are all men.
If you dress as a boy, you don't get any trouble.
What trouble?
- Later, pipsqueak. - I'm not a pipsqueak.
You're a pig-headed pipsqueak!
I've never been friends with a girl.
Who says we're friends?
You're doing it all wrong.
Not like that. Push it in and turn.
Shut up, Mr Know-it-all.
Belle's been gone hours now.
Why not get the keys off one of the firemen?
Firemen are as cagey as mice.
Shit!
Told you so.
- Does it hurt? - What do you think?
I'll smash the window with a rock.
Belle!
My Belle!
What happened?
Did you find Angelina?
I bet she did. She's alive!
Belle, shush!
What's up, Belle? What is it?
- Let's tell your dad. - He won't believe us.
Hide, both of you! Quick! Hide!
The saw!
Go on, Belle!
Hungry?
I didn't abandon your mother.
I looked for her for months.
She lived in a gypsy camp near a farm where I worked.
We met up in secret.
Gypsies don't like guys taking their girls.
We had a plan to elope.
That day, she never came.
I went back to the gypsy camp.
It was deserted. Everybody had gone.
So I looked for her.
For months.
Then I stopped believing in miracles.
She didn't tell me she was pregnant.
I know Angelina promised she'd be back.
Lisa promised me we'd never be parted.
But you see...
In life, some promises, you can't keep.
Simple as that.
It's nobody's fault.
Let's get back to the plane.
OK.
But not just yet.
We can't go without Belle.
She'll be back. I know she will.
Sit tight...
I'll be right back.
My Belle.
I'm sure you've found Angelina.
Come on, you two.
The river goes to the caves.
It'll lake much longer.
Maybe, but we dodge the fire.
And the firemen.
- If Dad catches me... - He'll kill you. You already said.
Like César, you think you're always right.
I am always right.
Go on, climb aboard.
My cap!
Eat. We set off again in 15 minutes.
It's OK, don't worry...
Pierre will take good care of your grandson.
- He doesn't look it, but... - Sebastian doesn't worry me.
Same goes for the dog. He just doesn't like them.
As a POW, guard dogs...
The dog doesn't worry me.
Your niece then?
- Pierre will find her. - My niece doesn't worry me.
Who then?
You.
Finish that cheese.
On an empty stomach, you'll slow me down. Eat up!
Hear that?
What?
That's just it.
No owls, no frogs, no nothing.
Pierre!
Gabriela's missing.
Sebastian too.
The fire scares them.
Belle!
She's right. We have to go on foot.
Let's go!
Dynamite? You're kidding me?
Pierre! Pierre!
Wait! My leg.
- What? - I can't do it.
- You can! - No. Bring back my daughter.
She acts strong, but she's so young.
OK, I promise.
With the wind, the smoke hides the cliffs.
Go, Belle. Find Angelina.
Go on, find her!
She loses the scent in the smoke.
My compass got soaked. It's busted.
What do we do?
Over here!
Climb!
- No way! - You know where we're headed.
Climb up and look. I can't climb with this.
Go on, climb!
Hold onto the creeper.
Whatever you do, don't look down.
What?
That's the secret. Go on!
It's too high for me.
You can make it. I do it every day.
And I'm a girl!
A girl? You must be joking.
Don't look down. Never look down!
Go on, keep going.
You're doing great.
See anything?
I'm too low to see anything.
Go higher!
Now do you see anything?
That way. It's not far!
We have to go all the way around the fire.
Belle! Belle! Wait!
You OK?
Yeah. Let's go.
- No way through. - Over here!
We're trapped!
We have to turn back.
Through here.
Watch out!
There's no way out.
It's all my fault.
No, don't worry.
For a boy, you climb trees well.
Sebastian!
Sebastian! Sebastian!
Your dad! This way! Over here!
We're over here! Here!
- So stubborn. - Like my dad.
You OK?
Don't worry, I'll get us out of here.
With dynamite?
I saw the Yanks do it.
To open up a gap.
You learned how?
I blew up a few bridges in the war.
It's like riding a bike. You never forget.
In theory.
Here goes!
Watch out!
Hit the deck!
- Did it work? - Yeah, let's go!
Quickly! Come on!
Go on, Belle.
Lead the way, we'll follow.
That orange smoke!
See!
Angelina!
- Angelina? - Be careful.
This way. Belle's found her.
Down there?
Angelina?
She must've slipped.
Angelina?
Too deep to see anything.
- What's going on? - If you go down, who'll haul you up?
You're right.
Let's rope you up.
Here...
Angelina, here I come!
Go on.
Be very careful.
- OK? - Yeah.
Keep the light on him.
OK?
You see anything?
She's here. I can see her.
Angelina?
Angelina, it's me.
Sebastian?
It's me.
It is you.
It's really you.
- OK down there? - Pull us up!
Here goes!
Let's go!
OK?
- OK? - We're good.
- OK. - OK.
Who's he?
- My dad. - Your dad?
You have a dad?
- Later. - Come on, Gabriela!
Nearly there.
Thanks, Belle.
You OK?
She guided us here.
You're the best!
Leave it to me.
- We've gotta run! - Not that way.
The fire will be sucked in.
- Find another way out. - It's a dead end.
The smoke goes somewhere.
She's found it.
Never look down.
Move, pipsqueak.
You're really his father?
Sure. He even said you were dead.
No.
- You're not his father? - Sure.
But I never said you were dead.
Sebastian, move. We're wasting time.
He obeys you?
Yeah, when it suits him.
Faster, Belle.
Hurry, before we suffocate.
This way. She's found it.
It's that way. Belle will guide you.
Here...
Hurry! Move it!
Climb up!
Come on, Sebastian!
We're choking.
Faster!
I can see daylight!
Faster!
We're nearly there.
- Quickly! - I'm choking!
It's burning hot! I can't breathe!
Sebastian, we didn't come all this way to stop now, did we?
You'll have a story for César. Go for it! Go!
Hurry!
Hurry! We're nearly there! Go, Sebastian.
Look! There!
Sebastian!
Faster! Move it!
Hurry!
Pierre!
Sebastian, watch out!
Pierre? Where are you?
- Pierre! - Pierre!
Where is he?
Pierre!
Dad!
Over there, kids.
Go on!
- They let you go back to your camp? - Yeah.
They put the fire out, but too late for us.
We're used to it.
We'll head south, find another spot...
- Other trees. - No Frenchmen.
And no Frenchmen.
On the tip there.
- Lend a hand, guys. - Coming.
Angelina, Angelina. Angelina, no, no, no... Let me!
Do I have to beg you on my knees?
Thank you, ma'am!
Colpo di fulmine.
- What's that mean? - Head over hills.
You mean... head over heels?
That's it. Head over heels in love.
Don't be silly.
Here...
This is to thank you.
She hates being tied up.
It's not a rope, stupido!
It's a scarf.
A girl's scarf.
Sebastian, let's go!
Well, goodbye then.
See you.
Come on, Belle.
Come on!
We're nearly there.
Look, there's the lake.
That's Pierre!
César! César!
- We've found Angelina! - Sebastian!
- Where're they going? - Back. They're going back.
- Back where? - Home!
Come on!
Walking?
Miss, I told you, they left four days ago.
What do they say?
Hello? Miss?
I told you, I won't hang up.
Hello?
Say, the Italians gave you nothing to eat.
Their cheese isn't a patch on yours.
We'll feed you up, don't worry.
Where's Sebastian?
You think she can see us?
I don't know.
I think she's pleased.
I think you're right.
She's pleased.
I also think she doesn't want you to force me to go to school.
Or go to bed early.
Or wear a scarf when it's cold out.
Of course. All of that, yes.
I have plans.
You have plans?
Here we go...
Two years away and she thinks she's Churchill.
If you don't like it, I'll go to the hotel. Or move to London.
Do me a favour, don't go by plane.
I've better things to do than chase after you.
Head over heels.
What?
Nothing.
Come on, Belle!
Head over heels!
Sebastian!
I've missed you!