That can't be too plesant for him.
I wonder if it would make it easier for you -
if you have some sort of feature hat to wear.
Special adviser for hunting... And the protection of flora.
How does it sound?
Rather long.
What might that involve do you think?
Nothing much.
You could organize the tiger hunt whenever I have important visitors.
Very kind of you.
How on earth can I thank you this time?
I need the skin of that tigers.
His Excellency is being very difficult about the road again.
It's because he lost faith during the hunt.
How do we present him with the skin when the live tiger's still inside it?
You are the hunter. Figure it out.
I have an appointment with His Excellency next Tuesday.
I cannot go empty handed.
Don't be ridiculous. That's impossible.
Oh, you can do it.
Otherwise, I may not be able to restrain the Sergeant.
He says you have acquired an accomplice. Some local girl.
You rang, Madame.
- Sangha! - Bitsy!
Hello?
Hey, I know you.
So this is where they brought you, huh?
Well, it's not so bad.
At least you got company.
Don't you look at me like that.
What was I supposed to do with you?
I couldn't have left you out there, could I?
You never learned to hunt. You would starve to death.
It's a pity to get eaten right away.
You get a long memory I know what you want.
Ah, ah, ah!
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Even at that age, they can take your finger off.
I've heard you keep the skins of your animals after they are dead.
Sometimes.
You wouldn't happen to have a tiger hide by any chance?
Tiger skin? I'm afr--
We can get you a tiger skin!
Good. Can I see it?
When do you need it?
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
Then you can see it tomorrow. It will cost you 1000 Piasters.
Payable in advance.
I don't want it finished in gold leaf.
That's the price. It's up to you.
Do you want the skin or not?
If you do, 1000 Piasters. If you don't, get lost.
All right. Spend some of it on this little one, won't you?
Feed him well.
Happens to be a friend of mine.
Come on!
What are you crying about? You've been promoted.
You shouldn't be sad.
You were right not to leave little tiger in the jungle.
It would have grown up a man-eater.
I suppose.
You are a hunter.
You protect people from wild animals.
It is good to care for them, not to pity them.
It's exactly what I used to think.
For me, hunting is a noble occupation.
I think it's also a noble occupation to share treasures of your countries -
to people who don't know anything about them.
Wouldn't you agree?
My father agrees. If you give him money.
Nobody sees the statues here. They're just left to decay in the jungle.
The jungle is their home. This is where they live.
It's also where tigers live, but you don't mind hunting them.
Do you remember the young man who gave you this?
The one who lost his leg to a tiger?
He's my brother.
May I please, Your Excellency?
But your father always prefers to show the death wound in the photograph.
I am not my father.
So, where is the hole?
Here. Isn't that amazing?
Absolutely amazing. And very meticulous on their part.
Unfortunately the animal I shot was hit in the other ear.
So gentlemen, the sacred statues will no longer need to leave their temples -
and migrate to Paris.
Why? Because Paris...
Would you mind holding that?
Sangha! Sangha! Sangha. Bitsy.
Help!
I want him out of the house!
But mom, he's mine!
Get him out of here!
Don't touch him!
Mom, I need him.
Stop.
Don't touch him!
He was only playing! I know he was only playing, mom!
Stand back from that monster!
Sangha!
He has a taste for blood now. We can't keep him.
Raoul, calm down.
Ok, it's over.
Sangha!
I am in charge of the Palace.
It's a gift for His Excellency in the name of France.
Is he really a savage as the Administrator said?
You would ask if you had seen what he did to the dog.
Excellent! It will fit in well with our collection.
Jump Kumar! You can do it! Come on! You're a big boy now!
Jump! Come on, big boy. Come on.
You can do it, Kumar! It's easy. You won't be hurt.
Go right through it. You'll be all right. You'll see.
Just jump.
One little jump.
Kumar, trust me.
Come on!
Jump!
I said jump, not beg. You stupid animal! Come on.
It's time to try something different.
How dare you!
Back, back.
Come on everybody.
Everyone in here. Now!
Come on! This way! This way!
Get him! Get him!
Now we are going to teach you some manners.
Now you jump.
Go.
That wasn't so hard. That's how you break a tiger.
Is the tiger really ferocious?
Why don't you test it if you have a spare arm or leg?
Here's the key to his cage.
My master is mounting a festival.
It is to be organized exactly as it was in the time of his late father.
Have you heard of these ceremonies?
Of course.
What animal would he be against?
A savage one.
We have the best fighting beast I've ever known in captivity.
We want an opponent that is worthy of him.
A special beast means a special price.
5000 Piasters.
He'd better be worth it.
He is.
Let us know when to stop feeding him.
Are they real?
Of course. Everything about my father was real.
If rather overdone for modern taste.
And will it be just as it was in your fathers days?
Precisely.
The French wants to show people that everything is the same as it used to be.
Isn't that wonderful?
That they have such respect for his traditions.
They only want to show that everything is the same to hide that it's different.
They patronize me with their admiration -
so they can corner me after the ceremony to sign the contract -
for their damn road.
Why are you against this road? I just don't understand.
What's wrong with it?
Don't worry. I will tell them you did everything in your power to persude me.
Was he born ferocious?
He was a very shy animal when he arrived here.
Full of fear. It's always fear that makes us into killers.
Why did they call him Sangha?
The Administrator's child named him.
Leave me.
Your Excellency. He's very dangerous.
Leave me.
Do you remember your father, Sangha?
Was he a great lord of the jungle?
Mine was.
Did all the creatures shrink in his shadow?
That's how was with mine.
Was yours disappointed in his son?
No. Perhaps yours was not.
So you too think one must be cruel in this world.
That one must be cruel to gain respect.
We've got him.
He's promised to sign at the end of the ceremony.
Once his name is on the dotted line...
If I faint with the first sight of blood, don't say I didn't warn you.
If I were you I would get used to it.
Because if I am appointed as we hope.
Remember there's a bullfight every something.
It could happen. It could be my tiger.
Think about it. It's possible.
Raoul, stop it. It won't be your tiger.
You wait here for me.
Bloody hell. It is you, isn't it?
I am so sorry.
Don't you recognized me?
I'm not the one who's changed.
Looking for another tiger skin?
That one is not for sale.
No. But it soon will be.
You know His Excellency's tiger is a wild beast.
Yours on the other hand is a poodle. He's been trained to sit up and beg.
So he'll be torn to pieces.
How dare you lecture us? Who do you think you are?
So one tiger will die.
But every penny we earned from it will be spent on keeping the rest alive.
I asked you to take care of him. Not send him to the slaughter.
You are the hunter, not us.
You are the one who get rich by killing.
Give us the key, you imbecile.
I'll buy him from you. I'll match whatever they paid for him.
You couldn't afford it.
The key.
Come on boys!
Give us the key.
I'm finished here. Let's go.
Sangha. It's him.
It's Sangha, mama! It's Sangha. It's him!
- How could it be? - I am sure.
- You know very well he's in the zoo. - He's in Bangkok.
Whatever. He's a thousand miles away.
Move, Kumar. It's time to go to work.
You are a ferocious beast.
So act like one!
God come with you my brother.
Go on, Kumar.
Go!
Get some stones. Stop them playing.
Get them scared! Get them angry! Get them fighting!
Come on Kumar! Fight! Fight!
What's the matter with you? What do you think you're doing?
The gun! Give me the gun!
The door! Closing that gate!
Get him away.
Go! Come on! Run, Sangha, Run!
Oh, thank God.
I was not sure you'd come.
No, I'm told I was thinking selfishly.
Thank you, mademoiselle.
- Where are they? - Not far.
My soldiers took a shot at them near the temples.
But they got away.
We had to tell him that we gave his tiger to His Excellency.
He didn't take it very well.
I don't suppose you'll speak to him.
You see that old man over there leaning on his cane.
That woman with her child?
What if your tiger had torn of one of their legs off or killed one of them?
Sangha never ate anyone.
No, but he will. It won't be long.
If he had wanted to, he would've already done it.
He never learned to hunt.
He's not afraid of people.
When he gets hungry, he will go for easiest prey he can find.
Like the women in fields or the children.
You see, all great predators -
who escape from captivity become man-eaters -
when they return to the wild.
They can't avoid it. It's instinct.
But they are not like that. I know they are not.
No, you hope they are not. That's only because you love Sangha.
And you don't love Kumar?
Of course I do. More than you know.
So don't kill them! Please!
I'm the one who took Kumar from the jungle.
I'm also the one who let you keep Sangha.
So this whole mess is my fault.
If I don't do it somebody else will.
But I swear to you, after this is all over.
I will never touch a rifle again. That's a promise.
I will leave the tigers and the statues in peace.
I'll go back to my country.
I'll marry the woman I love. And I'll stick to writing books.
Then go to write books now.
I can't.
Sangha isn't a killer. Nor is Kumar.
They'll stay in the jungle. They'll learn to hunt.
But who will teach them?
Your Excellency.
I am sorry to learn that my government has decided to abandon -
the templeroad project,
just when I can promise you that the two animals responsible -
for all the disturbance are being killed.
Raoul?
Where are you?
Raoul is gone.
Raoul!
Sangha!
Where are you?
Sangha, come out!
Sangha!
Sangha?
It's me, Raoul.
I knew you'll recognize me.
You must never come back to the villages of men.
Promise me.
You must stay in the jungle.
Forever.
Forgive me.
Did you hear that? Another tiger is answering them.
Now who out here would know them, do you think?
Whoever it is, could maybe teach them to hunt?
Let's hope so.
We're taking a big chance here.
I know. But that's good, isn't it?
To take a change sometimes?
Yeah. Sometimes it is good.
Today it feels very good indeed.
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