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From Les Armateurs, the production studio behind the Academy Award nominated The Triplets of Belleville.A mother bear's cub dies in the Arctic wild, and her mate steals a human boy to be their son. The mother bear loves the child more with each passing day, and he grows as wild and free as the strongest bear. When the boy's human father arrives to reclaim his son, the child must choose his destiny. Can he return to the life of humankind, or will his heart forever be the heart of a beast?
Editor's Note
When a mother polar bear's cub dies in the Arctic wilderness, the father polar bear assuages her grief by kidnapping a human baby boy to raise as their own. But after several happy years of living solely as a bear, the boy is forced to make a choice between his adoptive and birth parents when his human father tracks him down. Directed by Danish animator Jannik Hastrup, scored by Bruno Coulais (WINGED MIGRATION), and produced by the team behind THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE, the well-pedigreed and award-winning animated feature THE BOY WHO WANTED TO BE A BEAR is a heartwarming tale of family loyalties among the frozen tundra.
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