Man to Man (2005)
An epic about anthropologists who hunt and capture pygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the link between man and ape.
Top billed cast
Joseph FiennesJamie Dodd
Kristin Scott ThomasElena Van Den Ende
Iain GlenAlexander Auchinleck
Hugh BonnevilleFraser McBride
Lomama BosekiToko- Cécile BayihaLikola
Flora MontgomeryAbigail McBride
Alistair PetrieBeckinsale
Hubert Saint-MacaryComte de Verchemont- William McBainAngus
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