BEAR'S KISS
SYNOPSIS
Don't be afraid to believe! Young Lola flew on a trapeze and danced with a bear. Misha was a bear .... a shape-shifter who could move between two worlds. "Do you want me as Misha or do you want me as bear?" he asked. "I want you both!" she answered. For a while the were happy together, until Misha killed a man to protect her. But the power of love will change Lola's life forever.
| DIRECTOR | Sergei Bodrov |
| YEAR | 2002 |
| STATUS | completed |
| FESTIVALS AWARDS | competition Venice 2002 Toronto 2002 |
| CAST | Rebecka Liljeberg Joachim Krol Sergei Bodrov jr. Keith Allen Maurizio Donadoni Anne-Marie Pisani Marcela Musso special appearances by Ariadna Gil Silvio Orlando |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Pandora Film in co-production with Pyramide Productions Tornasol Films Alia Films Memfis film Film I Väst CTB Film Company in association with ZDF/Arte Tele+ Arte France Cinema VCC Perfect Pictures Boje Buck |
| SUPPORTED BY | Filmförderung Hamburg Filmstiftung NRW Filmförderungsanstalt Centre Nationale de la Cinématographie Eurimages Media II development Via Digital |
| WORLD SALES | Fortissimo Film Sales |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Pandora Film Verleih |
| LENGTH | 98 min |
| FORMAT | colour 35mm 1:1.85 Dolby Digital Ex |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | St. Petersburg (Russia) Lysekil/Uddevella (Sweden) Hamburg (Germany) Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | English |
| PRODUCERS | Karl Baumgartner (producer) Sergei Bodrov (producer) Christoph Friedel (producer) Wouter Barendrecht/ Michael J. Werner (executive producer) Fabienne Vonier (co-producer) Gerardo Herrero/Mariela Besuievsky (co-producer) Lars Jönsson/Tomas Eskilsson (co-producer) Enzo Porcelli (co-producer) Sergei Selyanov (co-producer) Claudia Steffen (line producer) |
| WRITERS | Sergei Bodrov Carolyn Cavallero |
| CASTING | Susie Figgis, Beatrice Kruger, Puce, Heta Mantscheff |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Juliane Thevissen (production manager) Anita Tesler (prod. manager Sweden) Eugenia Soler (prod. manager Spain) Maxim Volodin (prod. manager Russia) Till Bosse/ Michael Brown (1st assistant director) |
| EDITING | Mette Zeruneith |
| MUSIC | Sig Giya Kanchelli |
| SOUND | Sigurdur Sigursson (sound designer) Stephan Konken (re-recording mixer) Aitor Manuel Berenguer (sound engineer) |
| ART DIRECTION | Bernd Lepel (production designer) Yosune Lasa (art director Spain) Gregor Mager (art director Germany) Elena Zhukova (art director Russia) Maria Haard (art director Sweden) |
| COSTUMES | Karin Lohr |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Marie-Jeanne Abel |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | no |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | German version |
| LINKS | www.der-kuss-des-baeren.de, www.fortissimo.nl |
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