Underplayed Gems

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (1999)

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear poster
Directed by
Anja Dalhoff
Genre
children's film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
31 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A boy is raised by polar bears in the Arctic. The film shows his life with the bear family and his longing to be one of them.

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What happens

Drengen der ville være bjørn (også udgivet som El niño que quería ser oso og The Boy who wanted to be a Bear er en dansk børnefilm fra 1999, der er instrueret af Anja Dalhoff, som også har skrevet filmens manuskript. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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