The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019) is a French-Italian animated film worth watching online on iFILM — directed by Lorenzo Mattotti and adapted from Dino Buzzati's beloved children's book. When hunters kidnap young Tonio, his father the Bear King Leonzio marches his entire army down from the mountains and into the world of men.

The bears win the battles. They take the cities. Leonzio finds his son. And then comes the part Buzzati cared about most: what happens to a people who conquer a place they were never meant to inhabit. The hand-drawn visuals look like illustrated storybook pages brought to life — warm, theatrical, nothing like the slick CGI of mainstream animation. It's a family adventure that earns its melancholy ending honestly. Stream The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily online on iFILM.