Two Brothers (2004)
(Deux frères)
Country: FR/GB
Technical: col/2.35:1 109m
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore
Synopsis:
In Mekong province, South-East Asia, between the wars, a hunter/writer turned plunderer of Buddhist artefacts rescues one of two orphaned tiger cubs, but loses it on his arrest; the other is later found during a hunt and passes to the administrator's son. Growing up apart, the two animals end up respectively in a circus and the native prince's private zoo.
Review:
Once again the director excels in setting himself the fiercest of film-making challenges. The result is a delightful tale for children in which the animal kingdom is granted a reprieve but the moral concerning Man's mistreatment of creation made clear enough. The animal sequences are remarkable for their staging, beauty and the matching of location and studio sequences.
(Deux frères)
Country: FR/GB
Technical: col/2.35:1 109m
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore
Synopsis:
In Mekong province, South-East Asia, between the wars, a hunter/writer turned plunderer of Buddhist artefacts rescues one of two orphaned tiger cubs, but loses it on his arrest; the other is later found during a hunt and passes to the administrator's son. Growing up apart, the two animals end up respectively in a circus and the native prince's private zoo.
Review:
Once again the director excels in setting himself the fiercest of film-making challenges. The result is a delightful tale for children in which the animal kingdom is granted a reprieve but the moral concerning Man's mistreatment of creation made clear enough. The animal sequences are remarkable for their staging, beauty and the matching of location and studio sequences.
(Deux frères)
Country: FR/GB
Technical: col/2.35:1 109m
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Guy Pearce, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Freddie Highmore
Synopsis:
In Mekong province, South-East Asia, between the wars, a hunter/writer turned plunderer of Buddhist artefacts rescues one of two orphaned tiger cubs, but loses it on his arrest; the other is later found during a hunt and passes to the administrator's son. Growing up apart, the two animals end up respectively in a circus and the native prince's private zoo.
Review:
Once again the director excels in setting himself the fiercest of film-making challenges. The result is a delightful tale for children in which the animal kingdom is granted a reprieve but the moral concerning Man's mistreatment of creation made clear enough. The animal sequences are remarkable for their staging, beauty and the matching of location and studio sequences.