''The Journey Home'' (originally titled ''Midnight Sun'') is a 2014 Canadian-Italian

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adventure-drama film starring Dakota Goyo, Goran Višnjić, and Bridget Moynahan, written by Hugh Hudson, directed by Roger Spottiswoode and

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. Filmed on location in

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and

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, it follows a local teenager (Goyo), who works to reunite a lost

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cub with its mother. It premiered in November 2014, and received generally mixed-to-positive reviews.

Plot

A local teenager defies nature to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother in the ice fields of Northern Canada.

Cast

* Dakota Goyo - Luke * Goran Višnjić - Muktuk * Bridget Moynahan - Luke's Mom *

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- Abbie *

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- Asian Doctor * Duane Murray - Jake Murdoch * Black Bear - Polar Bear

References

External links

* * * Canadian children's adventure films 2010s children's adventure films English-language Canadian films English-language Italian films 2014 films Films directed by Roger Spottiswoode Entertainment One films Films about polar bears Films shot in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Films shot in Manitoba 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films {{adventure-film-stub