The Elephant King is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by Seth Grossman.
The anthropologist character is inspired by his older brother who has some debt issues.
Eventually the teenager goes to Thailand to try to return his older brother back to the United States of America.
He falls in love with a Thai girl and thereby wants to stay in Thailand as well.
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