Two Brothers *** (2004, Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore) – Classic Movie Review 5333

Co-producer/ co-writer/ director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s entertaining 2004 adventure is set in French Indochina in the 1920s.

Guy Pearce stars as a hunter called Aidan McRory who has a fight on his hands when he unites two tigers Kumal and Sangha, separated as cubs and brought up by man. It is a lovingly made, serious-minded adventure for older kids and adults, shot in difficult circumstances in Cambodia over a period of five months.

Good though Pearce is, and he is, it is the animals, scenery, photography (by Jean-Marie Dreujou) and story that are the real stars.

Also in the cast are Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Administrator Eugene Normandin, Freddie Highmore as his son Raoul Normandin, Oanh Nguyen as His Excellency, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Mrs Normandin, Moussa Maaskri, Vincent Scarito and Mai Anh Le.

It comes from the director of Quest for Fire (1981) and The Bear (1988).

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