
The Bear(1988)
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.


“A Science Fantasy Adventure”
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.

Everett McGill
Naoh

Ron Perlman
Amoukar

Nicholas Kadi
Gaw

Rae Dawn Chong
Ika

Gary Schwartz
Rouka - tribu Ulam

Naseer El-Kadi
Nam - tribu Ulam

Franck-Olivier Bonnet
Aghoo - tribu Ulam
Jean-Michel Kindt
Lakar - tribu Ulam
Kurt Schiegl
Faum - tribu Ulam
Brian Gillin
Modoc - tribu Ulam
Quest for Fire is a adventure, drama film released in 1981 exploring themes of fire, based on novel or book, mammoth, stone age, bear, prehistory. Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, it stars Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi. In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.
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