Drengen der ville gøre det umulige (2002)

Director:

Jannik Hastrup

Writers:

Bent Haller (screenplay)
Michel Fessler (supplementary screenplay)

Release Date:

18 December 2002 (Belgium)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

When a boy child is stolen by bears who raise him as their own, his human parents hunt the bears in despair, and the boy is faced with the dilemma of who and what he is.

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Polar Bear | Greenland | Wolf | Spirit

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Marlon Vilstrup	...	Little Bear Boy (voice)
Joachim Boje Helvang	...	Older Bear Boy (voice) (as Joachim Boie Helvang)
Otto Brandenburg	...	Male Bear (voice)
Paprika Steen	...	Female Bear (voice)
Tommy Kenter	...	Raven (voice)
Thomas Bo Larsen	...	Man (voice)
Sidse Babett Knudsen	...	Woman (voice)
Carla Docherty	...	Little Girl Bear (voice)
Anne Clausen	...	Older Bear Girl (voice) (as Anne Jerichau Clausen)
Claus Ryskjær	...	Dog / Wolf (voice)
Jesper Klein	...	Whale / Musk Oxes (voice)
Lisbet Dahl	...	The Northern Wind (voice)
Ellen Hillingsø	...	The Sea / Bear Aunt (voice) (as Ellen Hillingsøe)
Anne-Lise Gabold	...	The Spirit (voice) (as Anne Lise Gabold)
William Tarding	...	Child (voice)

Also Known As:

Drengen der ville være bjørn (Denmark) (alternative title)
L'enfant qui voulait être un ours (France)
Menneskebjørnen (Denmark) (working title)
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (USA)
The Boy Who Wanted to Do the Impossible (UK)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

Denmark | France

Language:

Danish | Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | France:U | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:7

Company:

Dansk Tegnefilm 2

Trivia:

This cartoon became the first cartoon ever to be released in a Greenlandic language version.

Movie Connections:

References Samson og Sally (1984)

Soundtrack:

Inngili Qemertoq

simply wonderful, even there are some sad parts, but WOW

This animation movie, I saw it with my 2 young children in a theater, already 4 years ago, and it was so... what to say? just WOW!!!

The kids enjoyed it, yes of course, but maybe not as much as I did... it took tears out of me...

The musical is so well accorded to the animation, that it shows there was a deep understanding and collaboration between the author and the composer. The drawings are so gentle, very subtle, the colors smooth, everything also very simple, just amazing.

This is a story about accepting the difference, from parents who love their children, even if not completely understanding him/it. In fact the only way...

There is a sad and heartbreaking part quiet in the beginning of the movie, and I think it's good to see this movie together with your kids, instead leaving them alone in front of the screen... (anyway always better!)

Fortunately, afterward it goes further with sensitivity, and furthermore goes to smiles and laughs and adventures.

This movie makes you think, and the answering is in anyone's mind, still can be different to each of us.

And all along, the women voices, in the singing parts, again I should use superlatives, so I won't and just will say : beautiful.

Sorry to say (I'm not Danish), I didn't know Mr Jannik Hastrup, but I can be very grateful for this movie, and give my humble and deepest compliment.

Bruno Coulais, the composer is more known to me as he did the musical of Himalaya, the Rearing of a Chief, Microcosmos, Le Peuple Migrateur among others well known movies.

With a few words, I could have resume with : I loved it, and still does, sometimes listen the CD.

Not very used to write English comment, I straight decided, as I was very surprised not to see any comment, to tell anyone who would intend to see The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear,

Be confident with your feelings, you'll be lucky to SEE IT!!!

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eyes in the head of a poet Orson Welles