Man to Man (2005 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Man to Man

| image = Man to Man 2005.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Régis Wargnier

| producer = Aïssa Djabri
Farid Lahouassa

| writer = William Boyd
Régis Wargnier

| starring = Joseph Fiennes
Kristin Scott Thomas
Lomama Boseki
Cécile Bayiha
Iain Glen
Hugh Bonneville

| music = Patrick Doyle

| cinematography = Laurent Dailland

| editing = Yann Malcor

| distributor = ARP Sélection {{small|(France)}}

| released = {{Film date|2005|02|10|Berlinale|2005|04|13|France|df=y}}

| runtime = 122 minutes

| country = France
South Africa
United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget = €21.2 million{{Cite web |date=1 March 2006 |title=Films dont le budget est supérieur à 7 M€ |url=https://www.cnc.fr/documents/36995/155397/Les+co%C3%BBts+de+production+des+films+en+2005.pdf/da32f9e9-fc5b-3fab-698b-89e0f54bd50c?t=1532440979641 |website=CNC |page=44 |language=fr}}

| gross = $3.5 million{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2005W15&id=_fMANTOMAN01|title=Man to Man |work=Box Office Mojo}}

}}

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

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.