Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane ( ) is a French television series broadcast in 1970. It was created by French actress Cécile Aubry, based on her book Belle et Sébastien and TV series of the same name, about a six-year-old boy named Sébastien and his dog Belle, a Pyrenean Mountain Dog, who lives in a village in the French Alps close to the frontier with Italy. In this spin-off series, Sébastien is now 12 years of age and his beloved dog, Belle, died a few months ago leaving him lonely and upset, "inconsolable". His father sends him on vacation to the northern coastal town of Fécamp to stay with his curious old uncle, captain of a fishing vessel, named the Mary-Morgane. Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane aired on ORTF. The series was produced by Etienne Laroche and stars Mehdi El Glaoui as the boy Sébastien. It premiered on March 10, 1970 and 13 episodes were produced, each lasting 26 minutes. It was shown in France and Canada. The music to the series was composed by Daniel White. Plot Sent by his father, Sébastien gets to know an old uncle, Captain Louis Maréchal, a fishing-boat operator, in his mansion at Morsant. He meets Jonathan and Clarisse who work in the household of Sophie-Virginie, the daughter of his uncle's business partner. Little by little, he learns the secrets behind his uncle, a former resistance fighter who lost his wife and his son 25 years ago, time stopping for him in January 1943. In the light of the different stories he hears, Sébastien first blames him but then shows understanding and affection for his old uncle. Cast Mehdi El Glaoui : Sébastien Maréchal Charles Vanel : Louis Maréchal Jacqueline Dano : Clarisse Jacques Godin : Jonathan Carl Schell : Carl Walter Paul Barge : Gwen Théphanie Yutta d'Arcy : Sophie-Virginie « Siza » Walter Henri-Jacques Huet : Dr Grégoire Savel Production The series was shot in 1969, partly in the commune of Fécamp on the English Channel of northern France. The main actor, Mehdi El Glaoui, playing the boy, was 13 years old at the time of shooting. He was the son of the series creator, actress Cécile Aubry and Si Brahim El Glaoui, caïd (local administrator) of Telouet, incidentally making him the grandson of T'hami El Glaoui, pasha of Marrakesh. Charles Vanel, a veteran French actor who had played a desperate truck driver in