Selfish Giant, The

About the movie

The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, the two boys meet Kitten, a local scrapdealer, and begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. However, when Arbor begins to emulate Kitten by becoming greedy and exploitative, tensions soon start to build, leading to a tragic event which transforms them all.
The Selfish Giant stars Sean Gilder (King Arthur, Gangs of New York, Shameless), Siobhan Finneran (Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Downton Abbey) and talented newcomers Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas in their debut acting roles. The film is produced by Tracy O’Riordan (The Arbor, Desh) and directed by Clio Bernard, who made a sensational debut with The Arbor in 2010 and is growing into one of Britain's best young film-makers. Winner of Best Technical Achievement for Casting at the British Independent Film Awards.
“Boldly, broodingly cinematic” – Variety
“Heartfelt and passionate, fluent and supremely confident” – The Guardian
“Gently dramatic, strikingly moving and impressively memorable” – Screen Daily

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