Italy/France, 2019
Dir .: Lorenzo Mattotti
82’
Language: Spanish
No subtitles
*In Barcelona, will be in French (original version) and Spanish subtitles.
Tonio, the Bear King’s son, is captured by a group of hunters in the Sicilian mountains. With the arrival of the harsh winter threatening his people with starvation, the Bear King decides to invade the men’s kingdom. Although they manage to find Tonio, they soon discover that bears are not destined to live in the land of men.
The story of how bears end up invading Sicily to retrieve King Bear’s lost son is actually a parable about colonisation, cultural appropriation, and the despotic use of power. The multiple layers of meaning and exquisite artwork transform something apparently childlike into a film with universal appeal.