Film Details
Set high in the majestic French Pyrenees, The Shepherd and the Bear explores a conflict provoked by the reintroduction of brown bears in the midst of a traditional shepherding community. The film follows an aging shepherd who struggles to find a successor as bears prey on his flock, and a teenage boy who becomes obsessed with tracking the bears. Through its breathtaking cinematography and immersive storytelling, The Shepherd and the Bear is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world.
“Lyrical, visually and aurally ravishing”
– Screen International
“The film is extraordinarily watchable, because of its remarkable characters, the suspense and the dazzling cinematography”
– Business Doc Europe
“Richly satisfying”
– Filmmaker Magazine
Director: Max Keegan
Certificate: 15
Spoken Language: French
Subtitles: English
Running Time: 101 minutes