The Bear (1988)

Original title

L'Ours

Directed by

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Genre

drama film, adventure film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 526 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An orphaned bear cub is taken in by a full grown male bear. They are hunted by two men in the wilderness.

slow-burntendertensevisually lushquietnaturalisticheartfeltgripping

What happens

The Bear (original French name L'Ours) is a 1988 French English-language adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and released in North America by Tri-Star Pictures. Adapted from the novel The Grizzly King (1916) by American author James Oliver Curwood, the screenplay was written by Gérard Brach. Set in British Columbia, Canada, the film tells the story of an orphaned grizzly bear cub who befriends a large adult male Kodiak bear as two trophy hunters pursue them through the wild. Several of the themes explored in the story include orphanhood, peril and protection, and mercy toward and on the behalf of a reformed hunter. Annaud and Brach began planning the story and production in 1981, although filming did not begin until six years later, due to the director's commitment to another project. The Bear was filmed almost entirely in the Italian and Austrian areas of the Dolomites, with live animals—including Bart the Bear, a trained 2.74-metre (9.0 ft) tall Kodiak bear—present on location. Notable for its almost complete lack of dialogue and its minimal score, the film was nominated for and won numerous international film awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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