The rural northeast of Thailand is home to the fabled Gwi people; an ancient tribe of elephant keepers known as mahouts. For centuries they have relied on their symbiotic relationships with elephants for survival and social devlopment. As their landscape changes ecologically and economically, so too does Gwi culture. "Mahout: Changing Reigns" explores this cultural evolution and the Gwi's legendary link to elephants through the last living docents of a bygone era.
The film shows a strong bond between two brothers that live in a remote fjord with their parents. We look into their world through the eyes of the younger brother and follow him on a journey that marks a turning point in the lives of the brothers.
Víctor Terx is a young, attractive, and mysterious man, preacher and leader of a spiritualist sect. He compulsively murders his occasional partners with cruelty.
When local heavy and ex-boxer Tom Sheridan (Ian Pirie) agrees to hire his strip club out to lifelong friend and colleague Ian Levine (Michael Mckell) he soon discovers the private party involves child prostitution and trafficking, catering for wealthy paedophiles.
