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The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Bear (2001)

The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Bear poster
Original title
Drengen der ville gøre det umulige
Directed by
Jannik Hastrup
Genre
animated film, film score, family film
Country
France, Denmark
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
L
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Inuit boy is taken by bears and raised as one of their own. He decides he wants to become a real bear instead of going back to human society.

gentlemelancholiccontemplativeslow-pacedmeditativevisually expressivequietwistful

What happens

L'Enfant qui voulait être un ours (Drengen der ville gøre det umulige) est un film d'animation franco-danois réalisé par Jannik Hastrup, sorti en salles en 2001. Le film raconte l'histoire d'un enfant inuit enlevé et élevé par des ours, et qui entreprend de devenir réellement un ours car il n'a pas envie de retourner vivre parmi les humains. Le film utilise la technique du dessin animé sur cellulo avec des décors peints à la gouache. La musique a été composée par Bruno Coulais. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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