The director of Quest for Fire creates yet another film in nature with almost no human dialogue in this picturesque story of an orphaned bear cub who is adopted by an adult male bear and must avoid hunters. Bart the Bear stars in this anthropomorphic fantasy.

L'ours (1988)
  • Rating: (7,457 votes)
  • Tagline:He's an orphan... at the start of a journey. A journey to survive. »
  • Runtime:96 minutes
  • Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • Countries:France, USA
  • Actors:
    The Kodiak Bear
    Bart the Bear
    The Bear Cub
    Youk the Bear
    Tom
    Tchéky Karyo
    Bill
    Jack Wallace
    Le chasseur aux chiens
    André Lacombe
  • Genres:Adventure, Family, Drama
  • Producers:
    Claude Berri
    producer  
    Pierre Grunstein
    associate producer  
  • Plot: The director of _Quest for Fire_ creates yet another film in nature with almost no human dialogue in this picturesque story of an orphaned bear cub who is adopted by an adult male bear and must avoid hunters. Bart the Bear stars in this anthropomorphic fantasy. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
L'ours
  • User's comment:Great film.... by ElijahCSkuggs

    "The Bear" is a rare film when it comes to the ordinary cinema that we usually view. The main characters are animals, and the connection we get from them is something no human actor could emulate. The movie is expertly crafted, especially the direction and the cinematography. The animal trainers are in a class all their own, making everyone else involved with the film seemingly a lot less talented. The film, as previously said, isn't for children, despite the PG rating. It has a fair amount of blood, peril, sadness, and some bear sex! The film is great though, and I'm so glad I found it at Walfart on DVD for $5.50! *** 1/2


  • Quotes: Bill: [examining bear tracks] That's a huge male; bet he's more'n fifteen hundred pounds. Bill: You see, I don't like to ask folks questions; everyone has a secret side. By God, that's the way it should be. Tom: [shooing the bear cub away] Good luck, little fella.
  • Also known as: El oso (Argentina), El oso (Peru), El oso (Spain), The Bear (International - English title), The Bear (UK), The Bear (USA), Bjørnen (Denmark - imdb display title), Bjørnen (Norway - imdb display title), O Urso (Brazil), O Urso (Portugal - imdb display title), A medve (Hungary - imdb display title), Ayi (Turkey - Turkish title), Björnen (Sweden), Der Bär (West Germany), I arkouda (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Karhu (Finland), L'orso (Italy), Medved (Serbia - imdb display title), Niedzwiadek (Poland), Ursul (Romania),

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