Two Brothers

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Two Brothers
Poster for Two Brothers.
Directed by	Jean-Jacques Annaud
Produced by	Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jake Eberts
Written by	Alain Godard, Jean-Jacques Annaud,
Starring	Guy Pearce, Freddie Highmore, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Music by	Stephen Warbeck
Cinematography	Jean-Marie Dreujou
Editing by	Noëlle Boisson
Distributed by	Pathé
Release date(s)	April 7, 2004 (France)
Running time	109 min
Language	English, Thai, French
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Two Brothers is a 2004 France/United Kingdom adventure/family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.

1 Plot Summary
2 Main cast
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Plot Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Set in 1930s Cambodia, two tigers were separated as cubs, after the ancient temple in which they were living was 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 shot in the ear, thought to be dead for a moment before running away, 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.