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* CanadaEh: The story takes place in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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Not related to the dramedy series ''Series/TheBear''.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While the friendship between the bear cub and adult bear is fictional (that the makers know of), the part where the hunter is confronted by the adult bear only for the bear to eventually turn and walk away is apparently based on a real experience of the original novel's author, James Curwood. Curwood had been an adamant bear hunter until he one day dropped his rifle on a hunt and got confronted by a bear, but for reasons he never understood, the bear let him live. The event affected Curwood so much, he stopped being a hunter and become a supporter of wildlife conservation instead.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While the friendship between the bear cub and adult bear is fictional (that the makers know of), the part where the hunter is confronted by the adult bear only for the bear to eventually turn and walk away is apparently based on a real experience of the original novel's author, James Curwood. Curwood had been an adamant bear hunter until he one day dropped misplaced his rifle on a hunt and got confronted by a bear, but for reasons he never understood, the bear let him live. The event affected Curwood so much, he stopped being a hunter and become became a supporter of wildlife conservation instead.
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* MediumBlending: After the bear cub eats some dubious mushrooms, the ensuing MushroomSamba is a DreamSequence in StopMotion animation.
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''The Bear'', (also known as ''L'Ours'') is a 1988 adventure film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (who would years later do ''Film/TwoBrothers''). It is adapted from the novel ''The Grizzly King''.
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''The Bear'', (also known as ''L'Ours'') is a 1988 adventure film directed by [[Creator/JeanJacquesAnnaud Jean-Jacques Annaud Annaud]] (who would years later do ''Film/TwoBrothers''). It is adapted from the novel ''The Grizzly King''.
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Not to be confused with ''Bear'', which is a direct-to-video horror film that also features bears; ''Series/TheBear2022'', which is about a restaurant; or with TheBear, a well-known gay archetype.
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''The Bear'', (also known as ''L'Ours'') is a 1988 adventure film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (who would years later do ''Film/TwoBrothers''). It is adapted from the novel ''The Grizzly King''.
After his mother is killed in a freak accident, an orphan bear cub hooks up with a wounded Kodiak bear as they try to dodge human hunters.
Not to be confused with ''Bear'', which is a direct-to-video horror film that also features bears; ''Series/TheBear2022'', which is about a restaurant; or with TheBear, a well-known gay archetype.
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! The film uses the following tropes:
* AllThereInTheManual: The adult bear is called Kaar and the cub is Youk.
* BearsAreBadNews: Averted with the cub, but played straight with the hunters.
* BigDamnHeroes: Kaar shows up at the end to save Youk from the cougar.
* CanadaEh: The story takes place in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After losing his mother, and spending the whole movie running from the hunters (plus one cougar), Youk is reunited with Kaar. They find a small cave and hunker down to hibernate as winter sets in, and they'll live to fight another day.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The death of the cub's mother as well as several other animals throughout.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: While a majority of the violence is offscreen, the film tends to get quite gruesome despite its PG rating, showing off mangled horses and a particularly violent battle between Kaar and the hunter's dogs.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is based on a book from 1916.
* GentleGiant: The Kodiak towards the cub. The hunters however...
* GreenAesop: The ending gives one.
%% * HumansAreFlawed
* MercyKill: One of the hunters has to put down their horse, as well as their dog.
* MushroomSamba: When the young cub eats some mushrooms, we are given a trippy sequence.
* NightmareSequence: The poor cub gets one when he has nightmares of frogs.
* [[MamaBear Papa Bear]]: When the cub is being attacked by a cougar, the adult bear shows up and drives away the cougar by roaring at it.
* ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou: The cougar is not scared of the cub but of the adult bear behind him.
* SceneryCensor: Kaar mates with a female bear and the scene is obscured by the trees.
* SilenceIsGolden: Aside from the hunters' scenes, the rest of the movie has no dialogue.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While the friendship between the bear cub and adult bear is fictional (that the makers know of), the part where the hunter is confronted by the adult bear only for the bear to eventually turn and walk away is apparently based on a real experience of the original novel's author, James Curwood. Curwood had been an adamant bear hunter until he one day dropped his rifle on a hunt and got confronted by a bear, but for reasons he never understood, the bear let him live. The event affected Curwood so much, he stopped being a hunter and become a supporter of wildlife conservation instead.
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''The Bear'', (also known as ''L'Ours'') is a 1988 adventure film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (who would years later do ''Film/TwoBrothers''). It is adapted from the novel ''The Grizzly King''.
After his mother is killed in a freak accident, an orphan bear cub hooks up with a wounded Kodiak bear as they try to dodge human hunters.
Not to be confused with ''Bear'', which is a direct-to-video horror film that also features bears; ''Series/TheBear2022'', which is about a restaurant; or with TheBear, a well-known gay archetype.
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! The film uses the following tropes:
* AllThereInTheManual: The adult bear is called Kaar and the cub is Youk.
* BearsAreBadNews: Averted with the cub, but played straight with the hunters.
* BigDamnHeroes: Kaar shows up at the end to save Youk from the cougar.
* CanadaEh: The story takes place in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After losing his mother, and spending the whole movie running from the hunters (plus one cougar), Youk is reunited with Kaar. They find a small cave and hunker down to hibernate as winter sets in, and they'll live to fight another day.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The death of the cub's mother as well as several other animals throughout.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: While a majority of the violence is offscreen, the film tends to get quite gruesome despite its PG rating, showing off mangled horses and a particularly violent battle between Kaar and the hunter's dogs.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is based on a book from 1916.
* GentleGiant: The Kodiak towards the cub. The hunters however...
* GreenAesop: The ending gives one.
%% * HumansAreFlawed
* MercyKill: One of the hunters has to put down their horse, as well as their dog.
* MushroomSamba: When the young cub eats some mushrooms, we are given a trippy sequence.
* NightmareSequence: The poor cub gets one when he has nightmares of frogs.
* [[MamaBear Papa Bear]]: When the cub is being attacked by a cougar, the adult bear shows up and drives away the cougar by roaring at it.
* ScaredOfWhatsBehindYou: The cougar is not scared of the cub but of the adult bear behind him.
* SceneryCensor: Kaar mates with a female bear and the scene is obscured by the trees.
* SilenceIsGolden: Aside from the hunters' scenes, the rest of the movie has no dialogue.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: While the friendship between the bear cub and adult bear is fictional (that the makers know of), the part where the hunter is confronted by the adult bear only for the bear to eventually turn and walk away is apparently based on a real experience of the original novel's author, James Curwood. Curwood had been an adamant bear hunter until he one day dropped his rifle on a hunt and got confronted by a bear, but for reasons he never understood, the bear let him live. The event affected Curwood so much, he stopped being a hunter and become a supporter of wildlife conservation instead.
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