The Bear (known as L’Ours in its original release) is a 1988 French film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The screenplay by Gérard Brach was adapted from the novel The Grizzly King by American author James Oliver Curwood. Set in late 19th-century British Columbia, Canada, the film tells the story of an orphaned bear cub who befriends an adult male grizzly as hunters pursue them through the wilds. The film was nominated for and won numerous international film awards.[…]