Deux frères (2004)

Director:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Writers:

Alain Godard (scenario) &
Jean-Jacques Annaud (scenario) ...

Release Date:

25 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Family

Tagline:

Two infant tiger cubs, separated from their parents and each other.

Plot:

Two tigers are separated as cubs and taken into captivity, only to be reunited years later as enemies by an explorer (Pearce) who inadvertently forces them to fight each other.

Plot Keywords:

Tiger | Circus | Jungle | Sold To Circus | Dog

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Guy Pearce	...	Aidan McRory
Jean-Claude Dreyfus	...	Administrator Eugene Normandin
Freddie Highmore	...	Raoul Normandin
Oanh Nguyen	...	His Excellency
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu	...	Mrs. Normandin
Moussa Maaskri	...	Saladin
Vincent Scarito	...	Zerbino
Maï Anh Le	...	Naï-Rea
Jaran 'See Tao' Petcharoen	...	The Village Chief (as Jaran Phetjareon 'Sitao')
Stéphanie Lagarde	...	Miss Paulette
Bernard Flavien	...	His Excellency's Majordomo
Annop Varapanya	...	Sergent Van Tranh
David Gant	...	Auctioneer
Teerawat Mulvilai	...	Verlaine (as Teerawat Mulvilai 'Ka-Nge')
Somjin Chimwong	...	Napoleon (as Somjin Chimwong 'Nen')

Also Known As:

Two Brothers (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Deux frères (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild violence.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

France | UK

Language:

English | Thai | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Pathé

Trivia:

Guy Pearce insisted on being filmed with an adult tiger. Usually, these scenes are filmed separately.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: As his Excellency is getting off the elephant, he walks down an Air France Stairway. Air France didn't exist until 1933. The movie takes place in the 1920s.

Quotes:

Aidan McRory: Where did you learn your English?
Naï-Rea: His Excellency asked the Australian priests to open a school here to teach us languages.
Aidan McRory: Well, I'm very impressed. What else did they teach you?
Naï-Rea: To beware of white men.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-01)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Plaisir d'amour

EXTREMELY Better Than I Expected

I was expecting this film to be really overrated,not good,totally lame,cheesy,and very kiddish when I first sat down to watch it.I was extremely amazed and left completely stunned when I finished this film,because it turned out to be really good.I actually liked this film a lot.Two Brothers was really one of my favorite kids movies ever made after I was through watching it.It had amazingly good acting,a really touching story line,and I just thought that it kept my attention through the whole film,even though I'm afraid most people who watched it probably got really bored with it.They did an extremely good job at this movie,when they had to work with real tigers!If I was one of the celebrities in this film at first I would've thought it was cool,but then when it was ready to shoot I would've been scared out of my shoes,and they did really good cooperating with the tigers in this film.Two Brothers was wonderful,and I just don't see how anybody couldn't like it,other than it got a little boring to them,which it totally didn't for me.