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THE SELFISH GIANT

By Clio BARNARD

Second film - Completed 2013

- Year of production
- 2013
- Genres
- Second film
- Countries
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Duration
- 95 mn
- Director(s)
- Clio BARNARD
- Synopsis
- 13 year old Arbor and his best friend Swifty, both excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, meet Kitten a local scrapdealer, and begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor emulates Kitten - keen to impress him and make some money. But when Kitten begins to favour Swifty, leaving Arbor hurt and excluded, a wedge is driven between the boys. As Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event which transforms them all .