Bear's Kiss | |
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Directed by | Sergei Bodrov |
Written by | Sergei Bodrov Carolyn Cavallero Terrence Malick (uncredited) [1] |
Starring | Rebecka Liljeberg Sergei Bodrov Jr. Joachim Król |
Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
Edited by | Mette Zeruneith |
Music by | Gia Kancheli |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Countries | Germany Sweden Russia Spain France Italy |
Languages | English Italian Spanish Russian |
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The film has also been distributed under the titles Il bacio dell'orso (Italy), Le baiser de l'ours (France), Der Kuss des Bären (Germany), El beso del oso (Spain), and Медвежий поцелуй ("Medvezhiy potseluy") (Russia).
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