Man to Man (2005 film)

2005 French film

Man to Man

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Directed by| Régis Wargnier
Written by| William Boyd
Régis Wargnier
Produced by| Aïssa Djabri
Farid Lahouassa
Starring| Joseph Fiennes
Kristin Scott Thomas
Lomama Boseki
Cécile Bayiha
Iain Glen
Hugh Bonneville
Cinematography| Laurent Dailland
Edited by| Yann Malcor
Music by| Patrick Doyle
Distributed by| ARP Sélection (France)

Release dates

* 10 February 2005 (2005-02-10) (Berlinale)
* 13 April 2005 (2005-04-13) (France)

Running time

| 122 minutes
Countries| France
South Africa
United Kingdom
Language| English
Budget| €21.2 million[1]
Box office| $3.5 million[2]

Man to Man is a 2005 historical drama film directed by Régis Wargnier and starring Joseph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Iain Glen. The screenplay concerns a man in a team of Victorian scientists conducting research in Africa, who begins to have doubts about the human cost of their mission. It was scripted by William Boyd.

## Plot

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In 1870, Victorian scientists capture a pygmy couple during an expedition in Central Africa. They are transported back to the United Kingdom for further study as part of research involving the theory of the evolution of man. However, the primitive outlook of the pygmies and the sophisticated methods used by the scientists, as well as the complications of adapting to a foreign environment, make their anthropological study more difficult. Ultimately, as the pygmies become more absorbed into the public, major disagreements erupt culminating in a bloody and tragic confrontation.

## Cast

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* Joseph Fiennes as Jamie Dodd
* Kristin Scott Thomas as Elena Van Den Ende
* Iain Glen as Alexander Auchinleck
* Hugh Bonneville as Fraser McBride
* Lomama Boseki as Toko
* Cécile Bayiha as Likola
* Flora Montgomery as Abigail McBride

## References

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1. ^ "Films dont le budget est supérieur à 7 M€". CNC (in French). 1 March 2006. p. 44.
2. ^ "Man to Man". Box Office Mojo.

## External links

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* Man to Man at IMDb
* Man to Man at the TCM Movie Database
* Man to Man at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Régis Wargnier

* La Femme de ma vie (1986)
* Je suis le seigneur du château (1989)
* Indochine (1992)
* A French Woman (1995)
* Lumière and Company (1995)
* East/West (1999)
* Man to Man (2005)
* Have Mercy on Us All (2007)
* La Ligne droite (2011)
* The Gate (2014)

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Works by William Boyd

Novels|

* A Good Man in Africa (1981)
* An Ice-Cream War (1982)
* Stars and Bars (1984)
* The New Confessions (1987)
* Brazzaville Beach (1990)
* The Blue Afternoon (1993)
* Armadillo (1998)
* Nat Tate (1998)
* Any Human Heart (2002)
* Restless (2006)
* Ordinary Thunderstorms (2009)
* Waiting for Sunrise (2012)
* Solo (2013)
* Sweet Caress (2015)
* Love is Blind (2018)
* Trio (2020)
* The Romantic (2022)
* Gabriel's Moon (2024)

Short story collections|

* On the Yankee Station (1981)
* The Destiny of Nathalie 'X' (1995)
* Fascination (2004)
* The Dream Lover (2008)
* The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth (2017)

Screenplays|

* Good and Bad at Games (1983)
* Dutch Girls (1985)
* Scoop (1987)
* Stars and Bars (1988)
* Mister Johnson (1990)
* Tune in Tomorrow (1990)
* Chaplin (1992)
* A Good Man in Africa (1994)
* The Trench (1999)
* Sword of Honour (2001)
* Armadillo (2001)
* A Waste of Shame (2005)
* Man to Man (2005)
* Any Human Heart (2010)
* Restless (2012)

Plays|

* Longing (2013)
* The Argument (2016)

Non-fiction|

* Protobiography (1998)
* Bamboo (2005)

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