The Clan of the Cave Bear is a 1986 American adventure film directed by Michael Chapman[2][3] and based on book of the same name by Jean M. Auel. The film stars Daryl Hannah, Pamela Reed, James Remar, and Thomas G. Waites. Based on the novel of the same name, a young Cro-Magnon woman named Ayla (Daryl Hannah) is separated from her family and orphaned during an earthquake. She is found by a group of Neanderthals and raised as one of their own. Unfortunately, as the years go by, her own intelligence causes disaster for the entire tribe, especially its future chief, Broud (Thomas G. Waites). Dialogue is conducted mostly through a form of sign language which is translated for the audience with subtitles.