¿Para qué sirve un oso? (2011) - full transcript

62? 39'46"S 60? 23'20"W

Antarctica

43? 11'56"N 6? 06'39"W

Asturias, Spain

Kid.

Yes, don Alejandro, sir?

Do bears have horns?

No.

Then what is that?

- A cow?

- A cow.

Are cows

an endangered species?

- No.

- No. Why not?

- Because there are a lot of them?

- That's exactly right.

Know what species is endangered?

Besides bears?

Whales.

You! You're endangered.

I'll exterminate you myself

if you let my cow Gaia out again.

If you want to be a zoologist,

you have to try harder.

Zoology requires more sacrifice

than you can imagine.

When I was in Tierra de Fuego

studying Magellan's penguins...

...I spent four months

stuck in a camping tent.

Four months...

...before the penguins finally

trusted me. Four months.

Four months in a tent...

...collecting my own excrement

in plastic bags...

...until those penguins

considered me one of their own.

That's zoology.

Hunger, patience

and a bunch of crap!

If you can't hack it,

you'd better just quit.

No, sir.

I want to stay with you.

It won't happen again,

I promise.

Gaia should never be untied.

Carelessness like this

ruins research.

A zoologist can't afford

to make mistakes...

- Are you all right, sir?

- Of course I am.

I was only demonstrating

what happens...

...when a zoologist

lets his guard down.

Let that be a lesson to you.

Now get me down from here.

Am I interrupting something?

- No. Hi, Natalia.

- Hi.

What's up?

This is private property!

Take a hike!

Josephine! Josephine...

Don't shoot, it's me.

Guillermo.

Guillermo!

- Hi, Josephine.

- You finally got a Nobel.

No, no.

Then what are you doing here?

I left Antarctica.

I quit science.

Okay, Gaia seems to be just fine.

I can't pay you this time either.

- That's okay, it's my job.

- When the bears come back...

...I'll be able to.

My work is starting to pay off.

- Really?

- Yeah.

How exactly?

- Did you change your hair?

Alejandro, you've been out here

four years and still no bears.

And you know why?

Because they don't belong here

anymore, and neither do you.

Why don't you go home?

This is my home!

Why don't you people

care about bears?

I don't get it.

Bears are important.

Nature...

What are you doing?

Your teeth are loose.

You're undernourished.

How long do you think

you can keep this up?

As long as I have to.

As long as I have to.

Zoology is sacrifice.

Nature only offers you her wisdom

if you risk your own life.

When I was in Mexico...

...studying monarch butterflies

I spent three months...

...eating roots and tree bark.

Three months.

Until the butterflies trusted me.

Three months...

What's this for, tetanus?

- No.

- What then?

To get you to shut up.

They're horse vitamins.

They'll do you good.

See you next time, Alejandro.

- Right.

Kid!

Are things that bad?

What will you do?

- I don't know.

Live like a normal person.

Normal people don't worry about

climate change, so I won't either.

What do normal people do, anyway?

- I don't know. I'm British.

Never mind. I've had it

with this planet anyway.

I didn't train you

to be a quitter.

I'm not a Doberman.

I'm a person.

You're a scientist.

The world needs scientists,

not people.

Did you tell your brother

about the plant?

What for?

I know what he'll say.

And I know what I'll say

and I know how it will end up.

It's better he doesn't know

I'm here.

Besides, I wouldn't even know

where to find him.

Right behind you.

"The Lord of the Bears."

- What?

- Nothing.

- Tell me.

- "The Lord of the Bears?"

I think it's very pretty.

Bears are not just bears.

We're all bears.

Lost in the woods...

...hoping someone will find us.

Your brother...

...isn't just looking for bears,

he's looking for himself.

Sometimes we're not the bears

we'd like to be...

...and we have to let others...

Dinner's at eight.

As usual.

What are you doing here?

I brought you a glass of milk

with casadiellas?

I'm not eight years old anymore.

Fine.

Are they your casadiellas?

- Of course.

- Fine, bring them over.

It feels like yesterday

you were both still living here.

No.

I know what you're up to.

- I'm not up to anything.

I just got a little nostalgic.

I came to this house

more than 40 years ago...

...to educate you two.

I was just a British girl...

...trying to get over

a troubling experience.

You were in love?

I was at Woodstock.

Then I heard two boys

in Asturias...

...had been orphaned

and needed a nanny.

Ever since then, my life

has revolved around you two.

Touching. I'd cry...

...but you never taught me how.

I taught you more important things.

Love for science.

Remember the bird?

Of course I do, Josephine.

But it won't work.

And when we'd

watch movies together.

Remember the one

about the Wilson brothers?

- Yes.

- It was your favorite.

I still remember. You'd play

all day pretending you were them.

Josephine, I'm not going to look

for the Lord of the Bears.

At least I tried!

I was going to let you

use the car to go see him.

Where was the Lord of the Bears

living again?

All right.

I'll show him the plant.

But this won't change anything.

"Every forest starts

with a single plant."

- Newton?

- I read it on a shampoo bottle.

Okay, I'm off.

Want me to give him a message?

- Yes.

Tell him I'm proud of him.

- What about me?

- Yes.

Scratch the car and I'll kill you.

Nice helmet.

Thanks.

Do you know this man?

Yeah.

It's the man living in the forest.

Did he do something bad?

Are you going to arrest him?

Are you a policeman?

Will there be...

...a shootout? Can I try your gun?

- Take it easy, I'm not a cop.

- Then what are you?

- I'm a biologist.

- What are biologists for?

- Basically...

...for nothing.

- Is he a biologist too?

- Yes.

Well, he's a zoologist.

That's useless too.

- Bothering you?

- No, it's okay.

I was asking him.

Come on, time for class.

- Follow the road...

...to the wooden bridge.

The man living in the forest...

...is on the other side.

Kid, I think we're gonna get lucky

this time.

I have a hunch.

Scientifically speaking, of course.

You said the same thing last year.

If I say I have a hunch...

...scientifically speaking,

then that's what I mean!

Got it?

- Whatever you say, sir.

I was only trying to...

Did you hear that?

It came from the camp.

Let's go!

That doesn't look like a bear.

It's my brother.

- Your brother Guillermo?

- Yeah.

Guillermo Mendez?

Don Guillermo, sir.

It's an honor.

I can't believe you're here!

I always carry one of your books.

Will you sign it for me?

- Yeah, sure.

Got a pen?

Look, don Alejandro.

He signed "Earth Alarm."

That's great, Kid.

You can write about it

in your diary later.

Now go into town

and get the pictures developed.

- Hello, don Alejandro.

- You finally got a Nobel.

No.

Then why are you here?

To check my work?

Josephine made me come out here.

Hey, get me down!

That's what I was going

to tell you.

I found it growing in the ice.

Then I'd better hurry up

and find bears.

Will you get me down from here?

No, no! No, no, no!

Coming or not?

Yellow.

Yellow, yellow.

Yellow, yellow.

How many bears are there

around here?

Approximately...

...none.

But they're coming back.

I have a hunch.

Scientifically speaking, of course.

- They're coming back?

- Yeah.

- That's your scientific method?

- Yeah.

They have to come back.

- Why is that?

Because the Lord of the Bears

says so?

No. Because of this.

Houses! They're going to build

houses in my forest.

With roofs, walls for stupid

humans and their stupid sofas.

But if the bears come back in time,

they won't be able to.

Because this forest belongs

to them, not to the humans.

"Without bees, civilization

would only last four years."

Albert Einstein.

Without bees,

there's no pollination.

No pollination, no food.

No food, no humans.

That goes for bears too.

Bears love honey.

I imagine you planted honeycomb.

Of course I did.

All over the place.

You think I'm stupid?

Show me.

Are you hungry?

- Hi.

- Hi.

- I think this belongs to you.

- I just threw that in the trash.

- I know.

- Were you in the container?

No, but plastics go

in the yellow bin.

Otherwise they can't be recycled.

- You're the bear guy's helper.

- Yeah.

I'm doing field work

with don Alejandro.

- Where are you from?

- California.

- You left the beach to come here?

- Yeah.

I prefer this to California.

- Seriously?

I thought it was all blondes...

...in bikinis.

- Yeah.

You know the problem

with California girls?

They throw away their plastics

in the yellow container...

...and you have no excuse

to talk to them.

Trout are extremely intelligent

animals.

If you want to catch a trout,

you have to think like a trout.

Wanna order pizza?

What will you do with the plant?

Actually, I was thinking about

planting it.

I quit Antarctica, science...

I'm out.

You've been in Antarctica

for 10 years.

Ice is your life.

You are ice.

James Lovelock is right.

It's too late to save the planet.

This is for leaving Antarctica.

There, I scolded you.

That's what you wanted, right?

I'm serious. I quit.

We're moving back in

with Josephine.

- You won't last a week.

- You're wrong.

I'm going to enjoy life.

I'll do all the things I couldn't

do because of this damn planet.

And its damn creatures.

Which, by the way...

...aren't so smart.

Coffee?

- Nice house.

- Thanks.

I'm Rosa, by the way.

I'm Kid.

Yeah, that's what don Alejandro

calls me.

He can't pronounce my name.

But I have one.

A normal one,

like the one my parents gave me.

But I'm a little nervous right now

and I can't remember.

Kid is nice.

Well, I'd better get back.

Don Guillermo just arrived.

- Who?

Don Guillermo.

Don Alejandro's brother.

He's a world renowned biologist.

Earth Alarm.

"Earth Alarm."

You don't know?

He wrote it at age 20,

he's like the Mozart of ecology.

He's in the woods with us now.

- Hey.

You think he could visit the kids

at school tomorrow?

Sure, I'll tell him.

He's my friend.

Those kids sure are lucky.

From what you say

about don Guillermo, yes.

I wasn't talking

about don Guillermo.

Know what, Kid?

You're cute.

You look like a squirrel

that got run over...

...but you're cute.

Thanks...

I think.

If you want milk,

I have to milk Gaia.

No, thanks.

Actually, I'd better be going.

- I'll take you back.

- No. That's okay.

Josephine lent me the car.

- Don Guillermo, sir.

Could you do me a favor?

Yeah. What, exactly?

Could you visit the kids

at school tomorrow?

An informal chat about your work.

In four years nobody's ever

asked me to do an informal chat.

Kid, thank them for me, but

I can't do it, I have to leave.

Tell them don Alejandro

will do it for me.

No way, forget it.

You'll spend the night

and give the chat tomorrow.

You'd better do it.

- I don't like kids.

- You don't have to eat them.

I know. But they asked you,

and you're doing it.

You can go on with your life

after that.

Kid, get dinner ready.

- What should I cook?

Great.

- Snow White is a dummy.

- Why?

- She eats poisoned apples.

- She didn't know they were.

They're apples!

Nobody eats apples.

They're full of vitamins!

Snow White is a beautiful story.

- Daddy used to tell me...

- Daddy is...

Sweetie, I'm sure Daddy would have

loved to tell it to you.

But I'm the storyteller now.

- You only tell kissing stories.

- Those are the best.

You'll see.

Once upon a time

there was a beautiful princess...

...who lived in a far away kingdom.

Her name was Snow White.

Snow White

had a wicked stepmother...

...so she had to move in

with some dwarfs.

The she ate a poisoned apple...

...fell asleep,

got kissed by a prince...

...woke up, got married...

...and lived happy ever after

with the damn dwarfs!

Now go to sleep.

- Need anything else?

- No.

Okay.

Good lord!

Don Alejandro, sir?

Do you think I'm cute?

What I mean is...

...do you find me attractive,

handsome...

I understood you the first time.

And I'm not sure I want to have

this conversation.

- A girl told me I'm cute.

- A human girl?

Yeah.

Kid, let me tell you something

about women.

Bears.

We're looking for bears,

not female humans.

If you want to be a zoologist...

...get your priorities straight.

Are they?

- Bears, don Alejandro, sir.

- Good.

Bears.

Bears are important.

Natalias aren't.

But her name is Rosa.

Natalia is the vet...

To your tree.

Go to your tree!

This is the Earth...

...and this...

...is the sun.

The sun is our source of heat.

When the Earth heats up...

...it releases infrared radiation

into the atmosphere.

This radiation

heats up certain gases...

...which are returned to the Earth.

We call this...

...the Greenhouse Effect

and it's made the planet...

...livable for 40 million years.

Are you with me?

- Yes.

Good. Okay.

The problem arises

when your parents...

...those irresponsible j..s,

insist on buying huge cars...

...sleeping with all the lights

on at home...

...wasting and...

...squandering natural resources,

which are limited, by the way.

So they start dumping...

...millions of tons of carbon

dioxide into the atmosphere...

...which causes an imbalance

in the Greenhouse Effect...

...and the Earth starts getting

hotter and hotter...

...which is causing...

...the polar ice caps to melt...

...sea levels to rise...

...marine life to go extinct...

...forever and the planet

will become...

...an unlivable hell.

Some of you will have to kill

for a glass of water.

That is if you survive

the floods, tsunamis...

...epidemics and droughts.

Any questions?

I don't like ballet.

How do you know

if you've never tried it?

You might like it and become

a famous ballet dancer.

- Like who?

- Like...

I don't remember.

- Then they aren't that famous.

Yes, they are. It's just

that they're all Russian...

...and they have funny names.

- I don't want to go to Russia.

You don't have to.

The school is right in town.

Rosa will be your teacher.

You'll meet other girls there.

- Russian girls?

- No, silly.

Normal girls.

- I don't want to be normal.

I want to be an adventurer.

- That is not a job.

- Yes, it is.

A biologist came to class today

and said we're all gonna die.

- What?

- His brother lives in the forest.

Was Alejandro there?

- Do you know him?

- Yes.

And he's nuts, just like you.

- Why do you say that?

Because he lives in a tree.

Eat your apple.

Apples!

He's worse than ever, Josephine.

Worse than ever.

He lives in a tree with an American

in the wrong cult...

...and a crazy cow.

What about the bears?

The bears are great.

Except for one tiny problem.

- Which?

There aren't any.

But that's okay, because

my brother's scientific method...

...consists of starving to death

waiting for the bears to turn up...

...because, this is the best part:

"They're coming back."

If he says they'll come back,

they will.

No, they won't!

They're gone...

...along with the polar ice caps

and the Beatles.

They're gone forever.

It's over.

The war is over...

...and we lost.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Do it already.

- What?

You're from California,

ask me to dinner.

Dinner? You and me?

Like humans?

With little round things...

- Plates.

- Plates.

What if you say no?

I'm a very sensitive zoologist.

If you don't ask me,

we'll never know.

I don't have any money

to take you out.

- We'll have dinner at my place.

- I have to ask don Alejandro...

Look, kiddo.

You live in a tree...

...and I'm pretty enough

that you'll never forgive yourself.

It's up to you.

Will you have dinner with me

at your place?

We'll see.

What the hell!

- What are you doing?

- After the war comes darkness.

So we won't be needing

these around.

Those are 100 years old!

I know, I brought them

to this house.

But they're just old scraps now.

- No! No!

You think I don't know

what you're up to?

You want me to rescue

all that knowledge...

...to force a reaction out of me.

No.

The decision is made.

I'm through with science.

Very well.

Then give me a hand.

You think I won't?

It's a first edition of

"The Origin of the Species."

Signed by Charlie.

All yours.

I told you, Josephine.

It's over.

This changes nothing.

Tomorrow I'm starting a new life.

What does this new life consist of,

may I ask?

Staying here, with you.

You've always taken care of us...

...it's time for us

to take care of you.

You're old, half-nuts,

biologically speaking...

But don't worry, Josephine.

Starting tomorrow,

I'll look after you.

Thank you, my child.

Having you here is a huge relief.

I never told you about

Daniela's dad?

No. I only know what the papers

said about it.

It's too bad.

- No, it isn't.

He died the happiest man...

...climbing a peak

an eight-thousander.

But the papers didn't mention

the note he left.

What did it say?

"The mountain is asking me to stay,

and I want to stay."

Not a word to his daughter.

They tried to find the body,

but all they found was the helmet.

Daniela thinks he died like a hero

and nobody can take it off her.

You want some advice?

Never fall in love with

a mountain climber. You know why?

Because they're already in love.

- To sedentary men.

By the way,

I made Kid ask me to dinner.

Rosa, sweetie, didn't you hear

a word I just said?

- But he's...

- Different.

That's what I thought

about my husband.

If you fall in love with Alejandro,

you're in trouble.

His name is Kid.

Alejandro is...

I know who he is.

Another round?

Yes, right?

Good morning, my child.

Josephine, you have no right

to throw me out of my own house.

- I don't?

- No.

You're overstepping your authority.

I'm sorry, but you're fired.

You're completely bonkers!

- And my aim is worse than ever.

So get going!

- Where will I go?

You're the genius.

You'll think of something.

- No, no, no. Not the woods.

- You're not staying here.

I won't have you living

in this house...

...with your brother living

in a tree.

He's happy in the trees.

- No, he isn't.

- No?

How do you know?

Because we all live in a tree,

waiting for someone...

...to get us down.

Trees are not just trees.

Every single one of us...

What do you want me to do?

Help Alejandro get down

from the tree.

- And after that?

- Let him help you climb up.

Are you drinking in secret?

Hit the road, baby!

Without bees, civilization

would last four years...

...approximately.

- Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein.

Look, Kid.

You and me...

Okay. Back to work.

I calculate this honeycomb

will begin producing honey...

...in about three months. Too late.

So we skip straight to plan B.

Don Alejandro, sir,

that's cheating.

Kid, in zoology

you have to take shortcuts.

Will you help me or not?

Don Alejandro, sir.

Can I have the night off?

To do what?

I'm meeting someone for dinner.

The female human?

- Her name is Rosa.

- I don't care what her name is.

Have you forgotten your priorities?

- It's just dinner.

It starts with dinner

and you end up with human cubs.

Then what happens?

Goodbye bears, goodbye zoology,

goodbye everything!

Is that what you want?

With all due respect, sir,

I'm going out for dinner.

I think you should do the same.

With you two?

No.

But maybe you should ask a human

to dinner every once in a while.

We're zoologists,

but we're also humans.

We need human contact

with other humans.

Enjoy a nice dinner with them,

and the be...

Bears?

- No.

Bach.

Hi.

Tea?

- What are you doing here?

And what is all this junk?

- Josephine threw me out.

- So?

- What do you mean, so?

- Yeah, so?

I have nowhere to go.

So I'll just stay a while,

until I figure out what to do.

Stay here? No way.

- Don't worry, I won't bother you.

- You being here already bothers me.

I won't interfere with your

ridiculous scientific method.

Kid, get out of that bed...

...this instant!

- Just five minutes.

Guillermo, I don't want you here...

...or any of your junk.

This forest is no joke.

It's not yours,

so you can't throw me out.

And I remind you,

that junk is also...

...your junk.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

- Well, watch this.

Watch what I do with my junk

and your classical music...

Are you okay?

I'm wonderful.

Better than ever.

Don't touch it!

The pressure is containing

the bleeding.

Kid! I need your help!

- Yes, sir.

Jesus!

What do we do now?

I need to think.

Okay, here's the plan.

Guillermo, you'll remove

the hatchet.

You will remove the hatchet!

Then Kid will cover the wound

with sugar.

- What?

- Sugar is a natural coagulant.

It will stop the bleeding.

- What?

I saw them do it once

to a horse in Patagonia.

Did it get better?

I don't know.

We had to eat it the next day.

Just do as I say!

On three.

Kid, are you ready?

- Actually, no.

I don't care! On three.

One...

...two...

- Wait, wait.

- What now?

- Let me do the sugar.

- No, I get to do the sugar.

- Are you a biologist?

- What does that matter?

- It matters a great deal.

Give me the sugar.

- No.

Give me the sugar!

Stop arguing! Guillermo,

take care of the hatchet.

Okay, I'll pull it out.

On three.

One, two and...

Kid...

...which part of "on three"

did you not understand?

One, two and three.

Sorry, in California we go on

three, not "one, two and three."

Americans...

Okay. Switch to plan B.

That includes doctors, right?

Something like that, yes.

Hi.

- Will he be okay?

- Yes.

The hatchet didn't reach his brain.

Though in this case,

I don't know if that's good or bad.

Okay, this is all set.

But as your veterinarian,

I advise you to see a doctor.

I'm Guillermo, his brother.

- Another zoologist?

- No.

Someone with lousy aim

who's leaving tomorrow.

I'd feel better if someone stayed

with you for a few days.

I have the kid.

I'd feel better if someone stayed

with you a few days.

You heard the lady.

You need me.

I'd better leave you alone.

- How's your daughter?

- Fine.

Why do you ask?

- No reason.

Typical question people ask

when being stitched up...

...by a veterinarian.

- Fine.

Seeing you at school

really affected her.

Yeah?

Yeah. She thinks

you're an adventurer.

But I told her you aren't.

That they don't exist.

That little girls

need to be little girls...

...and that someday she'll marry

a chess player...

...who sits at a table all day

and never gets hurt.

Sorry.

That's okay,

I take pain very well.

Yeah?

That makes two of us.

- You know about the universe?

- What about it?

It's expanding faster and faster.

In a few thousand years...

...you won't see any stars

in the sky. Just darkness.

- So?

- So the universe has its own plans.

Right before the sun burns

all its fuel...

...it will become

a gigantic fireball.

It'll melt the Earth like butter...

...and absorb the entire

solar system.

We won't even be a bad memory.

That's seven billion years

from now.

All I'm saying is why waste your

time trying to save something...

...that will disappear anyway?

- You're right.

Put yourself out of your misery.

Go jump in a volcano.

Man's only chance

is colonizing Mars, of course...

...for that...

...we have to create

a breathable atmosphere.

How do you do that?

By generating a climatic change.

Doesn't that seem ironic to you?

Ironic is not being able to sleep

in the forest.

I'm not making this up.

Stephen Hawking would agree.

Then go to his house

and keep him up...

I'll be quiet. I'll be quiet.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

Hi.

Hi, Kid.

I know. Come in.

Daniela, go home

before your mom finds out...

...and sends us both

to boarding school. Now!

My mom thinks I'm staying

at the neighbor's.

Fine.

You want adventure?

You're going to get one.

A night in the woods

surrounded by wild animals...

...killer spiders and creatures so

horrible even the killer spiders...

...are afraid of them.

An hour from now you'll be

begging me to take you home.

Good night.

What?

Aren't you gonna tell me a story?

And no princesses,

dwarfs or kissing.

- Chocolate houses?

- No.

You're not making this easy.

In the Amazon I heard one about

an anaconda...

...that snuck into villages

at night to eat the children.

That will give her nightmares.

It'll give me nightmares.

Tell her the one about the sun

melting the Earth. She'll love it.

Have you ever heard the story

of the Wilson brothers?

What is this?

A movie.

Alejandro and I used to watch

when we were your age.

There's no color!

Who are they?

- The Wilson brothers.

Two naturalists who in 1912...

...set off in search of

the duck-billed penguin.

The duck-billed penguin?

There's no such thing.

- You a zoologist?

- No.

Okay, then.

The duck-billed penguin...

...was a species the scientific

community and...

...certain smartypants

thought was only a legend.

But the Wilson brothers

never gave up easily...

...and they decided to go out

and find one.

- What does that say?

- "They crossed dangerous rivers..."

And that?

"They visited forgotten

civilizations..."

"As always, risiking their lives

in the name of science."

That's the story

of the Wilson brothers...

...and that's how the duck-billed

penguin went extinct.

That's right.

Hey, wake up.

- What are you doing?

- She fell asleep.

That's the idea.

Did you ever wonder what happened?

What do you mean?

To the Wilson brothers.

Sometimes I wonder

what happened to them.

Josephine never found

the last reel.

What do you think happened to them?

I think each one went his own way

and forgot the other.

That's what brothers who want

to save the world usually do.

Who cares if the bears

don't come back?

We lived without dinosaurs.

We can live without bears,

can't we?

Of course we can live...

...without bears,

whales or elephants.

And without teachers.

But the world wouldn't be

quite as beautiful, would it?

I think it's fine you want

to save creatures...

...but they're just creatures.

- You're a creature too.

I mean, an animal.

You're a Homo sapiens.

And a mammal.

And an omnivore.

Welcome to the theory of evolution.

What are you teaching

those kids?

Excuse me, do I look like

a chimpanzee to you?

That's what you are.

A chimpanzee

who can't turn off a faucet.

Don't you know our natural

resources are limited?

I'll do as I please with the

natural resources in my own home.

I think I'd better leave.

Kid.

For the road.

For the last time, you can't live

in the forest with us.

- I want to be an adventurer.

- Be an astronaut for all I care.

I can help.

I know a lot about bears.

Kid, take her home

before her mom shows up.

- I'm warning you.

- Oh, yeah?

What will you do?

Have your dolls beat me up?

Are you nuts?

You want the whole town to hear?

If I let you go,

will you do it again?

Kid, come here, quick.

Don't let her scream.

I need to think.

Maybe if we let her stay

and help us with the cooking...

I need to think.

Okay, okay, you can stay.

A little while, then you go home.

All right?

Don't touch anything

or do anything...

...without my permission.

Not even breathe or think.

And most importantly,

no questions.

What's that camera for?

- For photographing animals.

- Why do you photograph animals?

To know which ones

come through here.

How does the camera know

when to take the photo?

It just does.

How does the camera know

when to take the photo?

It's a very smart camera, okay?

How does the camera know

when to take the photo?

I won't fall for such an old trick.

How does the camera know

when to take the photo?

How does the camera know

when to take the photo?

How does the camera know

when to take the photo?

For God's sake, tell her!

The camera goes off...

...when an animal or a crazy

little girl crosses in front of it.

Happy?

- Which animals have crossed?

- All the ones I'm not waiting for.

- Bears?

Bears, for example.

Where are they?

That's what I'd like to know.

What are bears for?

Well...

You're too young to understand.

- You don't know!

Yes, I do!

- Then what?

- I won't tell you.

What a crummy zoologist.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Is Alejandro okay?

Yeah, he's fine.

I felt like stopping by.

Did my brother ever mention me?

- Actually, no.

- That's normal.

We never had a very fluid

relationship.

- Why?

- We're very different.

You know the story about the bird?

No.

When we were kids we found a bird

with a broken wing in the garden.

It was raising its chicks,

it couldn't feed them.

So I picked it up and took it home

to care for it...

...but Frankie had other plans.

Who was Frankie?

Our cat.

I got it out of his mouth

but it was too late.

I spent weeks dissecting

and studying that bird.

It was the first prize

I got at school.

What about Alejandro?

Alejandro climbed the tree...

...and fed the chicks worms

he'd chewed himself.

He stayed with them

until they all left the nest.

My brother and I have always

seen things differently.

Life, nature, women...

You, for example.

- Me?

I see you as a mammal

with fine genetic material...

...excellent bone structure...

...symmetrical facial features,

harmonious...

...but I'd find you much more

interesting as a woman...

...if you were a fossil.

- Thanks.

My brother wouldn't share

this opinion, of course.

Have a nice day.

By the way...

...since a veterinarian

is practically a scientist...

...and colleagues

share information...

...Daniela spent the night

in the forest with us.

Trout are extremely intelligent

animals.

If you want to catch a trout,

you have to think...

...like a trout.

- What do trout think about?

- About trout stuff.

- Like what?

- I don't know, I'm not a trout.

- Then how will you catch one?

Are you a zoologist?

Daniela!

Hi, Mommy. Alejandro's

teaching me how to fish.

Get out of the water.

- Obey your mother.

- Okay.

And you.

What were you thinking?

- We were only fishing.

- She's a little girl.

Little girls don't belong

in the forest.

Remember "Little Red Riding Hood"?

- Take it easy.

I can teach her useful stuff.

- Like what?

How to fall out of a tree?

Or get bitten by a poisonous snake?

There aren't any poisonous snakes

out here... I think.

There are if I say there are,

you got it?

Did it ever cross your mind

I might be worried?

Of course not.

I'm only the mother.

She's the one who came

to my forest.

Is this any place

for an eight-year-old girl?

- I was camping alone at her age.

- Yeah?

I don't care if you were

breastfed by a wolf.

Daniela isn't like you.

- She isn't?

Daniela has nature in her blood.

Leave my daughter alone!

I've got photos.

A fox, a wild boar, a wolf.

Another wild boar, a fox.

Another fox, another wild boar.

A wolf, another wild boar.

No bears.

Where could they be?

Are you listening, hairy beasts?

Don't you realize

you're about to disappear?

I'm your last chance!

That girl...

- Don't worry, she'll be back.

- Who?

Daniela.

Natalia will let her, you'll see.

I don't want her to come back.

She only gets in my way.

She belongs with her mother.

That's too bad.

Because she likes you.

She's a little girl,

she'll get over it.

I meant the mother.

What?

I paid Natalia a visit.

And I think she's interested

in you, biologically.

- You did what?

- What's wrong?

You think this is like

summer camp?

Take it easy.

She likes you, you like her.

Ask her to dinner

and let the instinct...

...that perpetuates

the species do the rest.

I like Natalia!

You forgot the "don't."

- I'm grounded.

- How long?

My mom says until

I marry a chess player.

- Right. Want me to talk to her?

- Would you?

- No.

- That figures.

Okay, I have to go.

Do you know the story about the dog

that became leader of the wolves?

- Sure.

- Will you tell it to me?

I said I have to go.

You're nuts! You know that?

Now listen to me.

If your mom catches me here,

she'll kill me very slowly.

She'll chop me up

and use whatever's left...

...to make croquettes.

You got it?

- Her croquettes are great.

Does she make casadiellas?

I have to go.

Just tell me the beginning.

- I said no.

- Do you want kids?

- Now I'm definitely leaving.

- I need a dad.

Are you interested?

- No!

- Why not?

- I'm a zoologist, not a father.

It's easy.

You take me to school...

...pick me up, punish me if I'm bad

and buy me a dog if I'm good.

Even a child could do it.

Nuts. You're nuts.

Alejandro?

- Hi.

- What are you doing here?

I came to apologize.

You're right,

the forest is no place...

...for a little girl.

- Apology accepted.

Thanks. Everything okay?

Yeah.

Great.

- How about you?

- Yeah, great.

- Great.

- Fantastic.

Cool.

Good night.

Natalia.

- Yes?

I was thinking...

...if you're ever hungry...

...we could share food sometime.

Are you asking me to dinner?

Scientifically speaking, yes.

Why?

You've always been nice

to my cow Gaia and me.

I want to make it up to you.

Then stop putting crazy ideas

in my daughter's head.

Can you make it

a little easier for me?

I haven't asked a female human

to dinner since 1997.

- A female human?

- I was trying to be nice.

Thank you, there's no need.

As you wish.

Anybody feel like a beer?

Don't worry,

nobody will touch your forest.

- Nobody. It's okay.

- It's not my forest.

- They can do as they please.

- What about the bears?

People need houses, not bears.

- What about me?

- Want some advice?

Don't follow my footsteps.

They only go in circles.

Right. To the bears...

...wherever they may be.

Good luck, my furry friends.

You're going to need it.

I hadn't drunk beer since 1995.

Bears...

Put me down.

Put me down!

Bears! Bears!

Hi, Kid.

Hi. I want to talk to you.

- No flowers?

- Flowers?

I'm not bringing you flowers.

They're living things!

Come on!

I want to show you something.

- You mean like...

...a dead rat?

- I mean like shut up.

You see?

Recycling is important.

- Hi.

- Hi, Rosa.

I have good news and bad news.

Which do I start with?

- The good news.

- I'm in love.

- I said the good news first.

- Kid is different.

- No, he isn't.

When his work here is done,

he'll move onto another forest.

- Not him.

- Why not?

Because he made me a boat.

Alejandro's the one leaving.

That was the bad news.

- Why?

He should have left

a long time ago.

He doesn't belong here.

They're better off without me.

And you without them?

What do you want?

Me living in a house

like everyone else?

With walls, a bed, a chimney...

- What's wrong with that?

- Nature is my life, that's what.

But nature doesn't know that.

What do you mean?

- Nothing.

- Say it.

- I don't want to argue with you.

- Say it!

You're the worst zoologist

I've ever seen.

Your scientific method is childish.

Your research is a total failure.

Nobody cares about

what you're doing for nature...

...nature least of all.

There, you said it.

Feel better?

Alejandro, I'm only trying

to get you to consider...

...other alternatives.

You're not a kid anymore.

I think it's time to come down

from the trees.

What was that?

Advice, I think.

Brotherly advice.

We're playing brothers?

Okay.

Let's play. When's my birthday?

What day?

The...

How many chances do I get?

We're scientists, for God's sake.

Those are insignificant details.

June 6th.

- I was about to say it.

- June 6th is yours, d..t!

You see? I know when your

birthday is, because I care.

All you care about is yourself.

Not Antarctica, or the solar

system, or climate change.

You!

You want me to stay here...

...because you think

that's what's best for me.

You know what?

It's a little late to play brother.

- It's never too late for that.

- Yes, it is. Yes.

You've never taken me seriously.

You always treated me like

the clumsy Wilson brother.

- No...

- Yes, you did.

You always walked ahead of me.

You never let me walk beside you.

Like them.

You know what?

Our ending will be just as

disappointing as theirs.

I'll go it alone from here.

Thanks for your brotherly advice.

Einstein was right!

We're lost without bees!

- I'm not in the mood, okay?

Get out of my...

You wanted a bear?

There you have it.

Take a photo, paint a picture,

but do it now!

It's a bear.

Yeah, it's a bear.

And it's hungry.

Hurry up!

Take it!

What are you doing?

- You did this for me?

Alejandro, can we have this

conversation some other time...

...without a bear present?

Climb up!

I'm coming.

- I'm still here, right?

- Take my hand!

- What about the bear?

- Some things are more important.

- Are you sure?

- No.

So come on, take my hand.

Come on!

Take it!

Your scientific method

is childish...

Actually, it makes no sense at all.

But you were right.

I couldn't have done it

without you.

Yeah, but you were right.

- But you helped me.

- Yeah, but you were right.

Don't contradict me. I couldn't

have done it without you.

I have to contradict you.

I was wrong!

Me, me, me! You're egocentric

even when you're being nice.

And you're so used to losing

you don't even enjoy winning.

- You know what?

- What?

I love you.

- I love you more.

- Jesus!

Just what we needed!

I should have been

a bacteriologist!

- February 14th.

- What?

That's your birthday.

I just remembered.

It's the day Darwin reached

the Galapagos Islands.

August 8th.

My birthday is August 8th.

It's been August 8th for 45 years.

- Don't get all upset.

I'm trying.

- Well, stop trying. It's not funny.

Don't blame me.

You're the one who can't build

a treehouse.

Find a way to get us down.

- I'm on it.

- Kid!

- Kid!

- Mom? You were right.

- About what?

Adventurers.

They always leave

and we end up alone.

We're not alone.

Will you read me Snow White?

Sure, sweetie.

Are you sure?

There's a princess.

And kissing.

And apples.

Once upon a time...

Know anything about bears?

We should call the police,

the fire department...

Anybody.

- No.

- I thought you wanted the bears.

- I did.

Well then? I don't get it.

"A country's greatness

and moral progress...

...can be judged by how

it treats its animals."

Gandhi.

If that bear falls into the wrong

hands, it could be the end.

Humans have a special gift

for spoiling everything.

Trust my brother.

- What do you want me to do?

- I need to put the bear to sleep.

Measure it, weigh it,

hair and blood samples...

...I need scientific proof

the bears have come back.

You want me to put a bear to sleep.

- It can't be so hard.

- It's a bear!

It worked on Snow White.

This would put a bull to sleep

for a couple hours.

- Great.

- I hope it's enough.

It is, thanks.

I can't pay you this time either.

- Are you sure?

This isn't what I want.

This is.

There are more than 100 bears

living in Asturias.

Most of them live

in the Cam?n Real de la Mesa...

...where this movie was filmed.

The Cam?n Real de la Mesa

consists of:

Belmonte de Miranda, Candamo,

Grado, Las Regueras, Proaza...

...Quir?s, Teverga, Santo Adriano,

Somiedo, Yernes y Tameza.

Thank you all for taking care

of our crew and our bears.

Special thanks to

the Principality of Asturias.