In Anaconda, Montana, a strong-willed teenage girl navigates a loving but volatile relationship with her veteran father. In a desperate search for independence and her own identity, she risks family, heartbreak, and her standing in the only place she can call home.
The bear cub that is the focus of the film does not die. His mother dies in a rockslide and another bear is shot and injured but does not die. A bear kills and injures a number of hunting dogs.