---
title: 'The Bear (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Jacques Annaud'
released: '1988-10-19'
runtime_minutes: 95
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bear-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095800/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bear (1988)

1988 · PG · 95 min · Drama, Adventure · France

Original title: L'Ours

## Synopsis

The Bear is a 1988 French English-language adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and released in North America by Tri-Star Pictures. Adapted from the novel The Grizzly King (1916) by American author James Oliver Curwood, the screenplay was written by Gérard Brach. Set in British Columbia, Canada, the film tells the story of an orphaned grizzly bear cub who befriends a large adult male Kodiak bear as two trophy hunters pursue them through the wild.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-annaud)
- **Screenplay:** [Gérard Brach](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-brach)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Producer:** [Claude Berri](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-berri)
- **Director of Photography:** [Philippe Rousselot](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-rousselot)
- **Editor:** [Noëlle Boisson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noelle-boisson)

## Cast

- [Tchéky Karyo](https://cinepixo.com/people/tcheky-karyo)
- [André Lacombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-lacombe)
- [Bart the Bear](https://cinepixo.com/people/bart-the-bear)

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