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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear is a french film of genre Adventure directed by Jannik Hastrup released in USA on 18 december 2002 with Benoît Allemane

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002)

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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
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L'Enfant qui voulait être un ours (titre original Drengen der Ville Vaere Bjorn) est un film d'animation franco-danois réalisé par Jannick Astrup, 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 l'aquarelle. La musique a été composée par Bruno Coulais.

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Le film se déroule dans l'Arctique au début du XXI siècle. Un couple d'ours se prépare à la venue au monde de leur ourson en bavardant avec un corbeau maladroit. Par malheur, ils sont pris en chasse par une meute de loups, auxquels ils échappent après une poursuite mouvementée ; mais quelque temps après, l'ourse donne naissance à un ourson mort-né. Au même moment, l'épouse d'un chasseur inuit accouche d'un fils en pleine santé qu'ils nomment « Petit Ours ». Pendant ce temps, l'ourse est inconsolable après la mort de son petit. L'ours tente de la consoler par tous les moyens, puis, désespéré, erre sur la glace et arrive aux abords de la maison du chasseur au moment où celui-ci est absent. Il s'approche de la maison, aperçoit le nouveau-né et profite d'un moment où la mère a le dos tourné pour entrer dans la maison et s'emparer du petit. Malgré les efforts de la femme, il parvient à s'enfuir. Dès son retour, le chasseur se lance à la poursuite de l'ourse mais ne parvient pas à le rattraper.

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