Two Brothers (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Produced by | Jean-Jacques Annaud Jake Eberts |
| Written by | Jean-Jacques Annaud Alain Godard |
| Story by | Jean-Jacques Annaud |
| Starring |
Guy Pearce Freddie Highmore |
| Music by | Stephen Warbeck |
| Cinematography | Jean-Marie Dreujou |
| Edited by | Noëlle Boisson |
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Universal Studios (North America) 20th Century Fox (International) Kadokawa Pictures (Japan) |
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109 minutes |
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France United Kingdom |
| Language |
English Thai French |
| Budget | $72 million |
| Box office | $62,172,050 |
Two Brothers (French: Deux Frères) is a 2004 adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. It is about two tiger brothers, Kumar and Sangha, who are separated as cubs and then reunited a year later.
Set in Cambodia during the 1920s during French colonial rule, two tigers; one male and one female, meet and mate. Months later, the tiger couple have given birth to two tiger cubs, who would one day get separated after the ancient temple where they live is disturbed by Aidan McRory (Guy Pearce), who intends to steal and sell the ancient statues at an auction in London.
Two tiger cubs are playing when the second cub (later named Sangha) comes upon a young civet. Sangha chases the civet into its burrow and the mother civet appears and chases Sangha up a tree. The first tiger cub (later named Kumar) appears and chases the mother civet back into her burrow. Eventually, humans come across them in their temple home and the tigress arrives to protect the cubs. She picks Sangha up and runs for safety. Kumar follows, but can't keep up and falls behind. The cubs' father appears, but the men have caught up with them and he is shot dead by McRory when attacking a hunter, who might have harmed his cub, as protection.
McRory is an unscrupulous but kind explorer, big-game hunter, and temple looter. He discovers Kumar and befriends him after having shot his father, but McRory is arrested later on for stealing sacred statues from the ancient temple and Kumar is kept by the chief in the Cambodian village where McRory had been staying. The chief then sells Kumar to a circus owned by cruel circus ringmaster Zerbino, his wife, and his faithful sabre swallowing and fire breathing friend Saladin where he is to be the star attraction.
McRory is soon released from prison by the French administrator, Eugene Normandin due to being a big fan of McRory and all his exploits but is not permitted to leave the country until all the formalities are completed within the three years sentencing. Nevertheless, McRory is permitted to stay at Eugene's home and is introduced to Eugene's wife, Mathilda who admires McRory and reads all his books as bedtime stories to their son, Raoul (Freddie Highmore).
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