Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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 | |
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Maï Anh Le | ... | Naï-Rea |
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Jaran 'See Tao' Petcharoen | ... | The Village Chief (as Jaran Phetjareon 'Sitao') |
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Stéphanie Lagarde | ... | Miss Paulette |
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Bernard Flavien | ... | His Excellency's Majordomo |
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Annop Varapanya | ... | Sergent Van Tranh |
David Gant | ... | Auctioneer | |
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Teerawat Mulvilai | ... | Verlaine (as Teerawat Mulvilai 'Ka-Nge') |
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Somjin Chimwong | ... | Napoleon (as Somjin Chimwong 'Nen') |
1920s Indochina. In the wild, a pair of adult tigers have just had a litter of two male cubs. It is a loving family unit, with the two brothers having a bond through their adventurous spirit. In different incidents, the cubs are captured individually, and although both in captivity live very different lives. Their individual captures were directly or indirectly associated with the work of Aidan McRory, a treasure and big game hunter, whose main goal is to make as much money for himself by selling his largely illegally obtained artifacts and animal parts at auction in Europe. Through the process, he has an emotional connection with one of the cubs, who is eventually named Kumal, but of who he eventually loses track. The cubs' lives are affected negatively by a number of other people who are working solely toward their own end goals, but the other cub, who is eventually named Sangha, also makes an emotional human connection to a young boy named Raoul Normandin, the son of the area ... Written by Huggo
Started watching while doing something else & not paying too much attention, however within seconds, I was enthralled in the breathtakingly beautiful scenery, the characters, and yes, definitely the story! The story is there, so if Sarah from Canada doesn't see one, well, that's her loss.
I found myself talking to the cubs as they were trying to escape the hunters, roting them on, and yelling, "WOO HOO" when they finally escaped the danger.
The plight of these animals is all to real, unfortunately. If even one movie like this can help slow their extinction, then it's worth watching & becoming more involved with groups fighting for wildlife preservation.