The Selfish Giant
2013·United Kingdom·91 min.
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This is a contemporary fable about 14-year-old Arbor (Conner Chapman) and his best friend Swifty (Shaun Thomas). Excluded from school and outsiders in their own community, the boys meet Kitten (Sean Gilder), a local scrapman, and begin collecting scrap metal for him. But when Arbor begins to emulate Kitten by becoming greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event which transforms them all irrevocably.
DirectorClio Barnard
MusicHarry Escott
CinematographyMike Eley
CastConner Chapman·Shaun Thomas·Sean Gilder·Lorraine Ashbourne·Ian Burfield·Steve Evets·Siobhan Finneran·Ralph Ineson·Rebecca Manley·Rhys McCoy·Elliott Tittensor
Original titleThe Selfish Giant