Movie Type: Family-Oriented Adventure, Animal Picture
Themes: Finding a Way Back Home
Main Cast: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Moussa Maaskri
Release Year: 2004
Country: FR/UK
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Like The Bear, director Jean-Jacques Annaud's acclaimed animal picture released 15 years prior, Two Brothers offers a family-friendly epic as told through the eyes of its four-legged protagonists, who, in this case, are sibling tiger cubs Koumal and Sangha. Though a life in the jungles of French colonial Indochina circa the 1920s seemed certain, the cubs are separated shortly after their birth when the notorious hunter Aidan McRory (Guy Pearce) kills their father. Koumal is whisked away to a circus, where he is cruelly beaten into submission and forced to perform tricks to earn his keep. Sangha fares better at first -- he lands in the posh estate of a French government official who wants the big cat to serve as a companion for his lonely son, though a series of unforeseen circumstances ultimately finds Sangha in the hands of a man determined to turn him into an aggressive prizefighter. Understandably, neither tiger is happy with his arrangements, and both escape captivity in hopes of returning to the jungle. Unfortunately for them, the prospect of two loose tigers is hardly comforting for the locals, who quickly demand that McRory kill the cubs before they threaten the safety of the village. Once McRory finds the tigers in their natural habitat, however, he faces a crisis of conscience he hadn't thought possible. Two Brothers also features Jean-Claude Dreyfus and Freddie Highmore. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Vincent Scarito - The Great Zerbino; Mai Anh Le - Nai-Rea; Oanh Nguyen - His Excellency; Stephanie Lagarde - Paulette; Bernard Flavien; Nozha Khouadra; Bo Gaultier de Kermoal; David Gant; Teerawat Mulvilai; Jerry Hoh; Caroline Wildi; Juliet Howland; Christian Clavier
Credit
Franck Schwarz - Art Director, Ros Hubbard - Casting, John Hubbard - Casting, Raweeporn Srimonju - Casting, Sophie Blanvillain - Casting, Timothy Burrill - Co-producer, Pierre-Yves Gayraud - Costume Designer, Jean-Jacques Annaud - Director, Christophe Cheysson - Second Unit Director, Noëlle Boisson - Editor, Stephen Warbeck - Composer (Music Score), Pierre Queffelean - Production Designer, Jean-Marie Dreujou - Cinematographer, Jean-Jacques Annaud - Producer, Jake Eberts - Producer, Xavier Castano - Producer, Eddy Joseph - Sound/Sound Designer, Christian Wangler - Sound/Sound Designer, Mike Prestwood Smith - Sound/Sound Designer, Matthew Gough - Sound/Sound Designer, Jean-Jacques Annaud - Screen Story, Jean-Jacques Annaud - Screenwriter, Alain Godard - Screenwriter, Frederic Moreau - Visual Effects Supervisor, Thierry LePortier - Animal Trainer/Wrangler, Eclair Numerique - Visual Effects
