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Two Brothers (2004)

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09:15-10:55 Mon 2nd Jan 2012 100m
BBC2

Synopsis

As he proved with 1988's The Bear, director Jean-Jacques Annaud has a way with animals, and the tigers are undoubted stars of this uneven adventure set in French Indochina during the 1920s. The film traces the progress of siblings Kumal and Sangha from playful cubs to powerful adults (renowned trainer Thierry Le Portier used thirty animals to portray them at various stages of their development), and the early sequences in which the young tigers find their feet are utterly enchanting. However, once big-game hunter Guy Pearce stumbles across the family, capturing the adorably clumsy Kumal, the action is hijacked by humans - who are nowhere near as engaging. Despite that, and some melodramatic plot twists, this tiger tale is consistently watchable and often irresistible.