Two Brothers
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Template:Infobox Film Two Brothers is a 2004 France/United Kingdom adventure/family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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Plot
Set in 1930s Cambodia, two tigers are separated as cubs, after the ancient temple in which they are living is disturbed by Aidan McRory.
McRory, an unscrupulous explorer, big-game hunter and temple looter, kills the cubs' father. One of the cubs, Kumal, is immediately recovered by McRory and sold to a circus.
The other, Sangha, remains in the jungle with his mother, but both are eventually trapped (by McRory) and released as game for a vain Khmer prince to hunt. The mother is then killed and Sangha is taken into captivity, ends up as a pet to young Raoul, son of the French administrator Normandin.
Kumal, meanwhile, is being trained by the cruel circus ringmaster Zerbino to do tricks, such as jumping through a flaming hoop. Sangha becomes too wild to remain in the French household, and he is made a part of the prince's palace menagerie.
Then the prince decides to hold a big festival, in which a battle between two great beasts - the brother tigers - is to be the centerpiece.
Main cast
- Guy Pearce as Aidan McRory
- Freddie Highmore as Young Raoul
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Administrator Normandin
- Oanh Hguyen as His Excellency
- Vincent Scarito as Zerbino
Trivia
- The tigers used in the film were from the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo near Pattaya, Thailand.
- Locations in Cambodia included Ta Prohm, which is part of Angkor in Siem Reap.
- The prince's palace was in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, at a place called Mueang Boran (Ancient City), which has scaled-down replicas of many of Thailand's important structures.
References
- Annaud, Jean-Jacques, commentary, Two Brothers DVD.