The Giants

Les géants

Belgium, France, Luxembourg

2011

85 Min

Color

2.35:1

French

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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PROD Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Jani Thiltges

SCR Elisa Ancion, Bouli Lanners

CAST Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel, Marthe Keller, Didier Toupy, Karim Leklou, Gwen Berrou

MUSIC The Bony King of Nowhere

SOUND Philippe Kohn, Marc Bastien, Thomas Gauder

Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs): SACD Award, C.I.C.A.E. Award, Melbourne (International Panorama), London (Cinema Europa), Chicago (Competition), São Paulo (International Perspective), Mar del Plata (Busco mi destino), Rotterdam (Spectrum), Göteborg (Mästare), Istanbul, San Francisco (World Cinema)

Synopsis

It’s summertime; Zak and Seth find themselves dead broke and ditched by their absentee mother in the family’s cottage. Just like every holiday, they’ve resigned themselves to another shitty summer. But things change this year, when they meet Danny, a local teenager. Together, with life at their fingertips, they begin the great perilous journey of their lives. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs

Director

Bouli Lanners

Philippe “Bouli” Lanners (born 20 May 1965 in Moresnet-Chapelle, in the Redeemed Cantons near Liège, Belgium) is a Belgian actor, author and film director. He is also known as a painter. —Wikipedia

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stoyanov

10Apr13

Slate.com wrote "Joyous and heartwarming. Imagine Huckleberry Finn as if retold by Terrence Malck." This couldn't be more right.

Jørgen Lien

21Oct12

If Stand By Me met Mean Creek by the campfire, The Giants could be the story Gordie would have told. That said, it is movingly understated in its own way, well-acted and it never falls into the "issue movie" trap. Lanners captures the moments where kids are just being kids, and where they are forced to act beyond their years, with the respect and precision of a Rob Reiner.

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