THE SELFISH GIANT
by Clio Barnard
synopsis
A contemporary fable about 14-year-old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own community, the boys meet Kitten, a local scrapman, and begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. Swifty has a natural gift with horses and Arbor has a business brain and a way with words – they make a good team. But when Arbor begins to emulate Kitten by becoming greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event which transforms them all irrevocably.
international title: | The Selfish Giant |
original title: | The Selfish Giant |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Protagonist Pictures |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Clio Barnard |
film run: | 93' |
release date: | UK 25/10/2013, IE 25/10/2013, FR 18/12/2013, BE 15/01/2014, NL 30/01/2014, SE 14/03/2014, NL 23/01/2014 |
screenplay: | Clio Barnard |
cast: | Sean Gilder, Siobhan Finneran, Lorraine Ashbourne, Steve Evets, Elliott Tittensor, Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas |
cinematography by: | Mike Eley |
film editing: | Nick Fenton |
art director: | Helen Scott |
music: | Harry Escott |
producer: | Tracy O'Riordan |
production: | Moonspun Films, Film4 |
backing: | British Film Institute (BFI) |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution, NonStop Entertainment, Cinéart, Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Strada Films, Curzon Artificial Eye |