The Elephant Keeper (movie)
คนเลี้ยงช้าง- User score: 5.8
- Production country: Thailand
- Producer: Chatrichalerm Yukol
- Production companies: Prommitr Production
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 4/5/1990
- Run time: 136 min.
Movie description
For many years, Asian elephants were used in the relatively simple, low-intensity logging operations in Thailand and elsewhere in the region. As the move to scythe down whole forests progresses, there is less and less use for these elephants: heavy machinery works more efficiently in a clear-cutting situation. In this story, a young elephant keeper manages to save the life of a forest ranger, dedicated to keeping the national forest preserves safe from poaching. The elephant-keeper, on the other hand, is economically compelled to work for the poachers in order to keep his family fed, and to preserve the family lands from sale by a greedy businessman who once loaned them money.
