The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant

  • Director: Clio Barnard
  • Writer: Clio Barnard,Oscar Wilde
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 25, 2013
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Bencil Dev
  • "The Selfish Giant" is a feature film directed by Clio Barnard, starring Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas. It was released in 2013.
    The film is adapted from the novel of the same name and tells a contemporary fable between 13-year-old Arbor and his best friend Swift.

    Details

    • Release date October 25, 2013
    • Filming locations Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies British Film Institute (BFI), Film4, Moonspun Films

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $12,189

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $2,589

    Gross worldwide

    $1,114,027

    Movie reviews

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    • By Norval 2022-12-05 05:55:54

      Black fairy

      The second version -----------------Two unscrupulous teenagers did not study well, and they stole cables and sold them. As a result, one was electrocuted and the other became neurotic!


      Realistic version ---------------- Two boys who want to change their own destiny through themselves, but are finally played by their destiny. Death may not be bad, but alive may not be good!


      Basic Love Version-------------Two teenagers who were rejected by everyone came together, but...

    • By Erika 2022-10-26 23:47:55

      "The Selfish Giant": Cruel Growth and Fatalism

      (Written by Zhi Ning on August 29, 2014)
          Female director Clio Barnard is well-known in the documentary world. "The Selfish Giant" is an independent feature film written and directed by her, which is about the British society at the bottom The images of the film appear to have a documentary effect, as if reproduced the most real side of the bottom society in the most primitive way, and the solemnity of the film picture, the suppression of the atmosphere, the abruptness of the narrative...

    • By Hazle 2022-10-24 06:11:41

      Selfish giant

      Many times, we will be distracted in our lives, wandering for a while, and then back to reality in an instant.
      What is the reality, a declining and lonely town, a piece of grass that cannot see the distant sky, and the grass frozen in the picture, thick moisture overflows from the surface, it is winter without the sun, and it looks extremely cold.
      It is written in the plot introduction: "The Selfish Giant" tells a contemporary fable between 13-year-old Arbor and his best friend...

    • By Orland 2022-09-19 11:29:34

      It's another "real" movie

      Now the rise of European cinema like a trend, that is, take some "real" movie, known to excavate direct touch human hearts and opening up what

      but to be honest, the movie looks beautiful, but is substandard appetite we

      we is A layman just likes the style of commercial films, he likes a clear and direct narrative style, he likes fierce conflicts, he likes a plot with

      a suitable tightness and tightness. Like this film, it can’t be said that it’s not bad. The lens is...

    • By Santina 2022-09-17 02:11:21

      You are at the bottom, you will always be at the bottom

      1. The best thing about the whole movie is not the story and emotions, but the pictures. Empty streets, decaying communities, rainy days, and two children in a lonely state, any picture in itself is enough to move. After Swift was shocked, a fixed lens shot the standing horse and the desert with no one. This lens itself and enough to explain the theme of the whole movie.
      2. There is no normal family or a normal life in the whole film. All adult male characters are in a state of violence,...

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    • By Braden 2023-09-03 19:33:42

      Always gloomy and cold tones, telling a very sad growth experience. The perspective of the two boys brings out the helplessness of the families at the bottom of the British countryside. At a young age, they have to figure out how to make money to support the family. The ending of the death of the horse and the cold rain stings the texture, but it is not as good as the injured one who lost a friend. Heart tingling. Selfish giant, not just kitten, but many adults, families of two boys, etc....

    • By Lionel 2023-09-02 08:20:15

      Heartbreaking work, in fact, these happened around me, just got used to it. Where civilization cannot reach, some people can only enjoy the leftovers left by civilization. As Zhihu said, what is poverty? Just died...

    • By Kiera 2023-08-30 14:26:57

      The rhythm of the movie is too slow, and the people watching it are so boring~ The climax came too late. . . . The ending is too rushed. . ....

    • By Terry 2023-08-17 15:01:06

      Always gloomy and cold tones, telling a very sad growth experience. The perspective of the two boys brings out the helplessness of the families at the bottom of the British countryside. At a young age, they have to figure out how to make money to support the family. The ending of the death of the horse and the cold rain stings the texture, but it is not as good as the injured one who lost a friend. Heart tingling. Selfish giant, not just kitten, but many adults, families of two boys, etc....

    • By Jazlyn 2023-06-06 10:12:41

      Always know how to turn back when it is...

    Movie plot

    A contemporary fairy tale, the protagonist is 14-year-old boy Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from the school, they are also unpopular in their own communities. The two boys made friends with Kitten, a local waste collector, and became scavengers behind him. The tools they use include a horse and a cart. Swifferty is born to be a good horseman, and Apol is clever tongue and has a'business acumen', and the two can work well...
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    Movie quotes

    • Policeman: This is a formal interview under caution. Do you understand that, Fenton? Hey, do you understand?

      Arbor: Yeah.

      Policeman: A witness saw two youths burning railway or communications cable.

      Michelle 'Shelly' Fenton: That's nowt to do with him.

      Policeman: Cable theft is a very serious crime, Mrs. Fenton. Trespass on the railway is £1,000 fine.

      Arbor: I ain't been on railway.

      Policeman: Vandalism, endangering lives, maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

      Michelle 'Shelly' Fenton: He's just a kid. He ain't nicked no cable. You're looking at wrong place.

      Policeman: He is, as you say, Mrs. Fenton, a minor. There's unscrupulous people out there getting kids to do their dirty work so they don't get into trouble with the police themselves.