Regular Price $19.99

Starring: Arno Chevrier,  Josele Roman,  Elvira Lindo,  José Luis García Pérez,  Diana Cerezo, 
Directed By: Miguel Albaladejo, 
Rated: R (Restricted)
Release Date: 2004
Studio: TLA Releasing
Format: AC-3,  Closed-captioned,  Color,  Dolby,  DVD-Video,  NTSC,  Subtitled,  Widescreen, 

Editorial Reviews and DVD Information about Bear Cub

Product Description
An amusing and touching film about reinterpreting the idea of "family," Bear Cub tells the engaging story of Pedro (José Luis García-Pérez), an attractive gay dentist living an active single life in Madrid. He offers to take care of his adorable 9-year-old nephew Bernardo (the remarkable David Castillo) for two weeks while the child's mother travels abroad with her latest "hippie" boyfriend. When Mom suddenly becomes detained in India, however, Pedro must become the boy's caretaker. And to further complicate matters, the boy's grandmother begins a custody battle for the child. Never overly sentimental or sensational, director Miguel Albaladejo (Manolito Four-Eyes) has crafted a funny and charming audience pleaser that inspired the Chicago Tribune to proclaim the film "striking and refreshing."

Customer Reviews for Bear Cub

a great movie yet a terrible american editing
I saw this movie on its original spanish version and I saw the differences, for the american audience the edited a lot of scenes, so I'm not happy at all abo the resultsBear Cub

excellent buy. great movie. recommended. inspiring and emotional
this movie is a great inspiring and emotional movie. i recommended for all kinds of audiences. it touches the heart of everyone and i hope future buyers of this movie, whether gay or heterosexual, will enjoy this excellent movie that tells the story about the paternal love that a active gay man can have for a child.Bear Cub

Touching
Bear Cub is a touching movie about family with a gay twist. The acting is great and the story is sweet (and sad) The only bad part is the fast speaking Spanish, which makes it hard to read the subtitles.Bear Cub

Delightful, warm, amusing story of alternative "family"
"Cachorro" ("Bear Cub") is a touching and original 2004 comedy-drama from Spain. The director/co-writer explains his goals for the film in notes included in the DVD extras, and his idea was quite ambitious: to deviate from the usual type of gay lead character, and give us someone who doesn't have a "queer eye" on fashion, isn't a straight woman's roommate or best friend, has HIV but doesn't have the "victim" mentality about it, doesn't live for the gym or circuit parties, doesn't have problems accepting himself or telling others he is gay, and isn't desperate to get into a monogamous relationship, being pretty happy with his life as it stands. Taking it a step further, the lead character, Pedro, a middle-class dentist, is a "bear" ... part of the gay male subculture of mostly hairy, affectionate, easygoing men that is almost ignored in films and TV shows.

Pedro's world changes when his widowed hippie sister, Violetta, arrives with her 9 year old son Bernando (played wonderfully by young actor David Castillo), whom she has arranged to leave with Pedro while on a two week holiday to India with her boyfriend. Pedro isn't too crazy about the idea, but resigns himself to pretty much put his life on hold for a couple of weeks and play babysitter, but he is soon impressed by his young nephew's energy and positive outlook on life, and a mutual respect and love grows between them. When Violetta gets imprisoned for an indefinite time in India on a drug charge ... to quote the films tagline ... "parenthood gets a bit hairier" when it becomes obvious that their arrangement may become permanent. Pedro's "bear buddies" come around and throw a surprise party to cheer up Bernando after the news about his mother, and one babysits afterward so Pedro can go out cruising and end his sexual fast. Unfortunately, his "night out" sets up a scenario that could take Bernando away from Pedro, and into the hands of his estranged paternal grandmother, whom the boy does not like.

The film is more of a drama than a comedy, but has its amusing moments and situations. It also has nudity and some simulated sex*, but nothing I would consider extraneous to the flow of the story (If you view the DVD extras, you'll see why two scenes were excised, which were a bit too "over the top"). It's in Spanish with English subtitles, which unfortunately are tough to follow because the story is dialogue-intensive and the characters talk very fast (I had to reverse the DVD a few times, then pause to read subtitles that went by too fast to read). Much recommended.

* Note that the DVD comes in "R" and "Not rated" versions, with the latter being 8 minutes longer.Bear Cub