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Bear

2014 · 17 min

A quiet, cold, unsettling short that makes you feel the loneliness and slow unraveling of a man alone in the snow.

Overview
A solitary hunter struggles to stay alive in the brutal wilderness. When he encounters a teddy bear left alone in the snow, he starts failing as a survivor. Soon both him and the bear are in danger of being destroyed.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • survival
    • isolation
    • madness
    Places
    • wilderness
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Bård Ivar Engelsås
    Written by
    Bård Ivar Engelsås
    Starring
    Ole Romsdal, Hege O Enger
    Runtime
    17 min
    Country
    Norway
    Languages
    Norwegian

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