Il Nonno E' Triste

In 19th-century France, a girl named Perrine travels with her family to search for her grandfather. Perrine has to overcome many hardships, losing her father in Bosnia and then her mother to illness.

She finally finds her grandfather- blind and lonely- living in a castle-like mansion, but the girl is unable to make him realize who she is.

Perrine becomes a secretary of his father, waiting for an opportunity to introduce herself as his granddaughter.

As Perrine treats him with kindness, the grandfather gradually regains his warm heart and kindness.

One day, a famous ophthalmologist arrives from Paris, and an operation allows the old man to see his granddaughter's face for one moment: Perrine looks exactly like his son.

Perrine, Perrine's Father, Perrine's Mother, Baron, Bilfranc

This TV series ran for 53 episodes.

Part of the "World Masterpiece Theater" series.

The first collaboration between writers Akira Miyazaki and director Hiroshi Saito.

Based on an 1893 novel by Hector Malot. The series should not be confused with "Nobody's Boy," a 1996 remake of an earlier Malot work, which featured a boy instead of a girl.

Malot's original story began with the death of Perrine's mother. Miyazaki reset the script to begin earlier.