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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear

Jannik Hastrup

In this award-winning animated film, a boy raised by a polar bear must decide who he wants to be when his human family fights to bring him back. Ages 7+

DIRECTOR
Jannik Hastrup
YEAR
2002
COUNTRY
Denmark
RUNTIME
75 minutes
LANGUAGE
English
FORMAT
DVD
START DATE
May 18, 2013

A winner at children’s film festivals in Berlin and Chicago, this animated story tells of a mother polar bear that steals a human baby to raise as her own. When the human family fights to bring him back, he must decide whether to be a human or bear. Ages 7+

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear

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