History Film / TheClanOfTheCaveBear

* HotterAndSexier: In regards to Ayla's depiction. Ayla is portrayed by the beautiful Daryl Hannah and she spends much of the film wearing short, shoulder-bearing fur or leather wraps that [[ShesGotLegs show off her long legs]] (and she's surprisingly well-groomed for a cavewoman). While Ayla is described as MsFanservice in later books, this ''doesn't'' apply to the first book given she's only a child there (while here she's a young adult).

* UnPerson: This is essentially what happens to a person who have been subjected to the Clan's death curse; they are treated as though they are truly dead, with everyone turning away from and ignoring them to avoid bad luck from acknowledging a spirit. It's used to punish serious transgressions amongst the Clan, with Ayla [[spoiler:being cursed for a month as punishment for using a weapon, though the curse will be lifted if she survives that long as she also saved a child's life]]. In the ending [[spoiler:Ayla is cursed permanently, though Ayla's family members still acknowledge her to say a final farewell]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: A not-very-subtle bit of foreshadowing occurs during Ayla's vision at the Clan Gathering; she sees a cave lioness ([[AnimalMotif her totem]]) walking beside [[spoiler:her son Durc]], but they end up walking away in opposite directions. At the end of the film [[spoiler:Ayla is forced to leave Durc and follow a new path alone]].

** In Italy it was titled ''[[CompletelyDifferentTitle Cro-Magnon]]''.

A 1986 prehistorical drama / SpeculativeFiction film. It is based upon the first book in Jean M Auel's ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series. The film follows the story of Ayla, an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl who is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthals (who call themselves the Clan) and her struggle to survive amongst them.

* AdultFear:
** In the beginning of the film five year old Ayla is left orphaned by an earthquake and wanders alone in the wilderness, nearly being killed by a lion and coming close to dying from infection and malnutrition.
** A little boy named Brac wanders away from the clan during a hunt and is attacked and nearly carried off by a wolf. No one can reach him in time and if it weren't for Ayla's skill with a sling, Brac would've died a horrible death.
** [[spoiler: Ayla's newborn son is nearly taken away from her and left to die due to being considered deformed (he actually just looks different because he's half-Neanderthal, half-Cro-Magnon)]].
* AgeLift: Ayla appears to be in her twenties, or possibly her late teens, during the second half of the movie (Daryl Hannah was about 25 during filming). In the book, she was only fourteen by the end of the novel and didn't reach her twenties until the ''last book''. This was probably done for practical/ethical reasons, given that the book depicts Ayla [[spoiler:being raped by Broud and giving birth to Durc]] when she's only ''[[HarmfulToMinors eleven years old]]''.

* CanonForeigner: Brug. He is implied to be a half-Clan man due to his softer features and light-colored eyes, and is set up as possible LoveInterest for Ayla, though nothing comes of it due to [[spoiler: his death in the [[BearsAreBadNews Cave Bear Ritual]]]].

* AdaptationalBadass: A downplayed example with Ayla. She's already pretty badass in the book because of her hunting and survival skills, but here she [[spoiler:gets into a full-on physical fight with Broud and kicks his ass; in the book she ducks when he tries to hit her and delivers a verbal smackdown]].

** [[spoiler: Ayla's newborn son is nearly taken away from her and left to die due to being considered deformed (he actually just looks different because he's half-Neanderthal, half-Cro-Magnon]].

The film stars Creator/DarylHannah as Ayla, Creator/PamelaReed as Iza, Creator/JamesRemar as Creb and Thomas G. Waites as Broud. It was directed by Michael Chapman and the screenplay adapted by John Sayles. Music/AlanSilvestri provided the musical score.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Ayla is portrayed by Daryl Hannah - who was in her twenties at the time - during the second half of the movie, which includes events such as Ayla [[spoiler:being raped and impregnated by Broud, struggling through a harrowing birth and nearly having her son taken from her]]. In the book Ayla is only ten/eleven years old when this occurs, so it’s understandable the filmmakers aged her up significantly because it be would difficult and potentially unethical to have a child actress in these situations.

* AdaptationDistillation: Likely to make things simpler and shorten the run time, the circumstances surrounding Ayla saving Brac and being temporarily cursed with death for using a sling, [[spoiler:Broud raping Ayla and Ayla's subsequent pregnancy]] occur in a different order, while keeping the main plot points intact. In the book [[spoiler:Broud starts sexually assaulting Ayla after she's publicly revealed to have been using a sling and temporarily cursed (which makes him come off as even more of an asshole considering she saved his son's life). In the film the whole horrible situation with Broud occurs before Ayla uses a sling to save Brac and [[spoiler:she's already pregnant at this time]]. [[note]]In the book Ayla (who is around ten years old) is formally declared an adult after she survives the death curse and it's this that gives Broud the idea of sexually assaulting her, because Clan women are expected to submit to any man who shows interest and he can't think of other ways to hurt and humiliate her that won't get him in trouble; in the film Ayla's already a young adult due to her receiving an AgeLift, so it's a bit of a moot point.[[/note]]

A 1986 prehistorical drama / SpeculativeFiction film. It is based upon the first book in Jean M Auel’s ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series. The film follows the story of Ayla, an orphaned Cro-Magnon girl who is adopted by a tribe of Neanderthals (who call themselves the Clan) and her struggle to survive amongst them.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Broud, though just barely seeing as he’s already a terrible person in the books. In the book he eventually tries to force the elderly Creb to move out of his hearth to a less comfortable one; here he goes a step further and tries to ''banish'' him.