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Bear's Kiss (2002)
Country
of Origin: Germany / Sweden / Russia / Spain /
France / Italy
Year of Production: 2002
Running Times: 92 mins
Length: 2,517 metres
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1:1.85
Sound: Dolby Digital EX 6.1
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Alia Film / CTB Film Company / Film
i Väst / Memfis Film & Television / Pandora
Filmproduktion GmbH / Pyramide Productions / Tornasol
Films S.A.
Executive Producers: Wouter Barendrecht, Michael J.
Werner
Producers: Karl Baumgartner, Sergei Bodrov, Christoph
Friedel
Co-Producers: Mariela Besuievsky, Tomas Eskilsson,
Gerardo Herrero, Lars Jönsson, Enzo Porcelli, Sergei
Selyanov, Fabienne Vonier
Line Producer: Claudia Steffen
Production Manager: Juliane Thevissen
SCRIPT
Script: Sergei Bodrov, Carolyn Cavallero, Terrence Malick
DIRECTION
Director: Sergei Bodrov
1st Assistant Director: Till Bosse
Assistant Director: Oleg Skworzow
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Xavier Pérez Grobet
Additional Director of Photography: Sergei Astakhov
Camera Operator: Birgit Dierken
Assistant Camera: Chris Britton
Gaffer: Helmut Prein
Key Grip: Claus Gerling
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Mette Zeruneith
MUSIC
Music: Gia Kancheli
SOUND
Sound: Sigurdur H. Sigurdsson
Sound Recordist: Manuel Berenguer
Boom Operator: Juan Pablo Gonzalez
Re-Recording Mixer: Stephan Konken
Foley Artist: Martin Langenbach
Foley Recordist: Thomas Knop
Foley Editor: Thomas Knop
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Karin Lohr
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: VCC Perfect Pictures
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bernd Lepel
Art Directors: Maria Håård, Yosune Lasa, Gregor Mager,
Yelena Zhoukova
Assistant Art Director: Jurij Schrader
Props Buyer: Andree Schmidt
Standby Props: Dagmar Steinhoff
OTHER CREW
Production Assistant: Olga Ehrigson
LOCATIONS
Locations: Hamburg, Germany; Jerez de la Frontera,
Cádiz, Andalucía, Spain; Lysekil, Sweden; St
Petersburg, Russia; Uddevella, Sweden
Location Manager: Olaf Lehmann
CASTING
Casting: Béatrice Kruger
CAST
Rebecka Liljeberg (Lola)
Joachim Król (Groppo)
Sergei Bodrov Jr (Misha)
Keith Allen (Lou)
Maurizio Donadoni (Marco)
Anne-Marie Pisani (Margarita)
Marcella Musso (Anna)
Ariadna Gil (Carmen)
Silvio Orlando (ringmaster)
PLOT SUMMARY
Lola, a fourteen year
old trapeze artists, falls in love with the performing
bear she dances with, a bear who can transform into a
young man. All goes well, until her new lover kills a man
to protect her...
AVAILABILITY
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Istituto Luce
Russia
Theatrical Distributor: Intercinema Art Agency
World Sales
World Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales
AWARDS
2002
Venice Film Festival, Italy
Golden Lion (Sergei Bodrov) - nominated
TIMELINE
2002
September
3: Italy - shown at the Venice Film Festival
13: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival; Italy -
theatrical release
28: Germany - shown at the Filmfest Hamburg
2003
March
26: France - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Il bacio dell'orso -
Italian title
Der Kuss des Baeren - German title KEYWORDS
bears; shape-shifters;
teenagers; transformations; trapeze artists
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