We had really good rapport, and I was lucky because almost 80% of my time is with him, and so he makes me laugh,” Geraghty ...

As they trek through the country he and the elephant develop a bond, and it changes his approach on life for the better.

The freethinking director, admired by French critics but at odds with U.S. studios, based one of his greatest films, “Bigger Than Life,” on an article in The New Yorker.