To rescue his missing son, Léonce the King of Bears, invade the land of men with the help of his clan.
Troubadour Gedeone and his young apprentice Almerina are two traveling entertainers who move from a town to another as storytellers to gain money. Surprised by a night blizzard in their last journey through the island of Sicile, they two enter into a mountain cave looking for refugee, learning that in the cave inhabits an aging bear. In an attempt to avoid to be attacked, Gedeone tells him a story about a king bear named Leonce who, playing in a river with his son Tonio, losses the prince when he's kidnapped by humans and taken far away from the forest. Neglecting his liabilities as king to care his clan during several months due by the affliction of the loss, finally he's concerned by his second hand Salpetre about the possibility that Tonio could be alive in the land of men. Leonce calls his clan to move there, but the evil Grand Duc is reported by old magician Theophile about bears' invasion and he sends Theophile to defeat them, failing in an attempts that include a wild boars horde, a ghost castle and an ogre bear eater. Full of anger, Grand Duc sends his army against bear clan, in a great battle where Grand Duc thinks bears are defeated. Appearing on the city, Leonce finally locates Tonio, who is shot by Grand Duc. Saved by Theophile, Leonce defeats Grand Duc and claims as king of Sicile, joining bears and humans as only one race "and they lived happily ever after". But then the aging bear reveals Gedeone and Almerina that the history isn't exactly how they think, and it's longer than they know.—Chockys
Seeking shelter for a blizzard in a Sicilian cave, troubadour Gedeone and his assistant Almerina face an old bear, whom they distract by enacting the story of the bear king Leonzio. His happiness was shattered when his beloved son Tonio fell in the river and was abducted from the forest by people. The king mobilized his feral army to search and confront the reigning grand duke, whose human army is easily defeated and chased. The prince resorts to professor De Ambrosis, who uses ruses and magic, but still can't stop the bears from prevailing in every confrontation and installing Leonzio as king of Sicily. The cave bear however replies that's only part of the story. Tonio was found in the circus and shot by the ruler before Leonzio was enthroned, who turned grim, estranging even Tonio, who led a revolt after De Ambrosio was unfairly jailed as the king listens only to his ambitious, evil bear councilor Salnitro, who plots to seize the throne, but it's his turn to be outsmarted.—KGF Vissers
