Belle is a Pyrenean Mountain Dog.
Cecile Aubry, who wrote the book this movie was adapted from, was the mother of Mehdi El Glaoui, who plays the villager Andre in the movie. El Glaoui had played Sebastian in a 1960s TV series adaptation.
French visa # 133847 delivered on 2013.
Italian censorship visa # 108074 delivered on 21 January 2014.