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The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British drama film directed by Clio Barnard. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Europa Cinemas award. It was also nominated for the 2013 Lux Prize.
Backed by the BFI Film Fund and Film4, and developed with support from both Film4 and the BFI, The Selfish Giant is a Moonspun Films production. After premiering at Cannes in the Director's Fortnight in May 2013, it will be released in the UK by Artificial Eye on November 15th.
Genre: British Social Realist Drama
Plot:
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.
Reviews:
The Guardian: "Robbie Collin applauds Clio Barnard's brilliant, sour-scouring fable about growing up in Britain today."
The MovieBox: "writer-director Clio Barnard is earning an impressive amount of accolades for turning Oscar Wilde's classic children fable into a "heart wrenching" slice-of-life drama"
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