Two Brothers (2004) ( Deux frères )

Two Brothers (2004) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Deux frères
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Written By:
Alain Godard
Jean-Jacques Annaud

Julian Fellowes

Actors:
Guy Pearce ..... Aidan McRory
Jean-Claude Dreyfus ..... Administrator Eugene Normandin
Freddie Highmore ..... Raoul Normandin
Oanh Nguyen ..... His Excellency
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu ..... Mrs. Normandin
Moussa Maaskri ..... Saladin
Vincent Scarito ..... Zerbino
Maï Anh Le ..... Naï-Rea
Jaran 'See Tao' Petcharoen ..... The Village Chief
Stéphanie Lagarde ..... Miss Paulette
Bernard Flavien ..... His Excellency's Majordomo
Annop Varapanya ..... Sergent Van Tranh
David Gant ..... Auctioneer
Teerawat Mulvilai ..... Verlaine
Somjin Chimwong ..... Napoleon
Nozha Khouadra ..... Mrs. Zerbino
Sakhorn Pring ..... Dignitary with Goldfish
Jerry Hoh ..... Sergent de Ville
Juliet Howland ..... Auction Room Stylish Woman
Caroline Wildi ..... Auction Room Companion
Thavirap Tantiwongse ..... Photographer
Bô Gaultier de Kermoal ..... Circus Boy
Delphine Kassem ..... Fleeing Bathing Woman
Alan Fairbairn ..... Assistant to Auctioneer
Thomas Larget ..... Residency Butler
Hy Peahu ..... Dignitaries' Translator
Luong Ham Chao ..... Dignitary
Tran Hong ..... Dignitary
Chea Iem ..... Dignitary
Ngo Qui Yen ..... Dignitary
Mathias Ghiap ..... Residency Cook
Luong Hoan ..... Residency Servant
Saïd Serrari ..... Circus Boy
Gerard Tan ..... Circus Boy
Xavier Castano ..... Butcher
Suban Phusoi ..... Bus Driver
Christophe Cheysson ..... News Stand Man
Kumal ..... Kumal
Sangha ..... Sangha
Stéphanie Campion ..... La Dame en Rose

Synopsis:

1920s Indochina. In the wild, a pair of adult tigers have just had a litter of two male cubs. It is a loving family unit, with the two brothers having a bond through their adventurous spirit. In different incidents, the cubs are captured individually, and although both in captivity live very different lives. Their individual captures were directly or indirectly associated with the work of Aidan McRory, a treasure and big game hunter, whose main goal is to make as much money for himself by selling his largely illegally obtained artifacts and animal parts at auction in Europe. Through the process, he has an emotional connection with one of the cubs, who is eventually named Kumal, but of who he eventually loses track. The cubs' lives are affected negatively by a number of other people who are working solely toward their own end goals, but the other cub, who is eventually named Sangha, also makes an emotional human connection to a young boy named Raoul Normandin, the son of the area administrator. Similar to Kumal and Aidan, Raoul eventually loses track of his tiger friend. The second year of the cubs' lives, they now full fledged adult tigers, is different than their first, with a question being how their individual experiences in captivity will affect how they function in their much different new environments. Both Aidan and Raoul are determined to do whatever necessary to make sure what happens to the tigers are for the benefit of the lives they should be leading based on their history, with Aidan and Raoul perhaps having a different perspective on what that actually is.

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