The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (film)
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| Directed by | Lorenzo Mattotti |
| Screenplay by | Jean-Luc Fromental Thomas Bidegain Lorenzo Mattotti |
| Based on | The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati |
| Produced by | Valérie Schermann Christophe Jankovic |
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| Edited by | Nassim Gordji Tehrani Sophie Reine |
| Music by | René Aubry |
Production company | Prima Linea Productions |
| Distributed by | BIM Distribuzione (Italy) Pathé (France) |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Languages | Italian French |
| Budget | €11 million |
| Box office | $2.2 million |
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily, also known as The Bears and the Invasion of Sicily in the United States (Italian: La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia; French: La Fameuse Invasion des ours en Sicile), is a 2019 animated adventure film directed by Lorenzo Mattotti. The screenplay by Mattotti, Jean-Luc Fromental and Thomas Bidegain is based on the 1945 Italian children's book The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati.
The film was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Pathé distributed the film in France on 9 October 2019 and by BIM Distribuzione in Italy on 7 November 2019. It received critical acclaim.