Animation guru Jannik Hastrup directs this award-winning animated feature about the ultimate heartache and eventual redemption of a mother bear who, after her cub dies, is given a little boy by her mate to raise. Soon, her grief is replaced by joy, only to return to grief when the child's father comes looking for him, offering him a chance to live like a human again. Which path will the boy choose, and who will he leave in mourning?