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Director
  
Clio Barnard

Story by
  
Oscar Wilde

Country
  
United Kingdom

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
16 May 2013 (2013-05-16) (Cannes) 25 October 2013 (2013-10-25) (UK)

Writer
  
Clio Barnard, Oscar Wilde (inspired by The Selfish Giant)

Initial release
  
October 25, 2013 (United Kingdom)

Genres
  
Drama, Coming-of-age story

Awards
  
British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement

Cast
  
Conner Chapman
(Arbor),
Shaun Thomas
(Swifty),
Sean Gilder
(Kitten),
Lorraine Ashbourne
(Mary),
Ian Burfield
(Mick Brazil),
Steve Evets
(Price Drop Swift)

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,
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,
The Story of Seabiscuit
,
Black Gold
,
True Lies
,
Goldfinger

The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British drama film directed by Clio Barnard. It is inspired by the Oscar Wilde story of the same name.

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Plot

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The film follows the lives of Arbor and Swifty, teenage boys growing up in a poor and run down area of Bradford, northern England. Arbor suffers from hyperactivity disorder, which often gets him into trouble even when it is not his intention. When the boys are suspended from school after a fight, they decide to earn money collecting and selling scrap metal. They quickly realize that stealing copper from telecom, railway, and power utilities can be lucrative.

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They sell their scrap to a local scrap dealer, Kitten, who owns at least two horses and competes in amateur harness racing. Kitten allows Swifty to work with the horse, once he realizes Swifty's surprising affection for and natural talent with horses. Kitten also lets the boys borrow a horse and a cart to collect scrap metal.

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Arbor is envious of Kitten's kindness toward Swifty. Arbor decides to steal pieces of scrap from Kitten and sell them, along with some other scrap, to a dealer in Huddersfield. The plan ends up backfiring; Arbor is refused entrance at the other dealer, and when he makes a deal with some men who offer to sell the scrap for him, they recognize it as stolen and keep the money. Kitten finds out and physically intimidates Arbor into stealing a specific piece of high voltage electric power transmission wire to make up for his loss. The boys are not fully aware of the dangers of high voltage wire. After Arbor cuts the wire, Swifty helps to lift it, but is electrocuted and killed.

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Arbor is devastated and Kitten is arrested, telling the police he is responsible and allowing Arbor to escape blame. Arbor sits resolutely outside Swifty's mother's house until, after several rejections, she allows him to hug her and share their pain. In a final scene, Arbor takes care of the horse Swifty adored.

Cast

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  • Conner Chapman as Arbor
  • Shaun Thomas as Swifty
  • Sean Gilder as Kitten
  • Lorraine Ashbourne as Mary
  • Ian Burfield as Mick Brazil
  • Steve Evets as Price Drop Swift
  • Siobhan Finneran as Mrs. Swift
  • Ralph Ineson as Johnny Jones
  • Rebecca Manley as Michelle 'Shelly' Fenton
  • Rhys McCoy as Daniel
  • Elliott Tittensor as Martin Fenton
  • Kayle Stephens as chip & pin driver
  • Awards and reception

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    The Selfish Giant 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. The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. It won Best Film at the 24th Stockholm International Film Festival in November 2013. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film five out of five stars.

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    The film was nominated for the 2014 Bafta for Best British Film.


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    References

    The Selfish Giant (2013 film) Wikipedia
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