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The Selfish Giant is a British film of genre Drama directed by Clio Barnard released in USA on 20 december 2013 with Sean Gilder

The Selfish Giant (2013)

The Selfish Giant
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Released in USA 20 december 2013
Length 1h31
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating72% 3.6488353.6488353.6488353.6488353.648835

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.

Synopsis

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 proves quite lucrative. They sell their scrap to a local scrap dealer, Kitten.

Actors

Sean Gilder

(Kitten)Lorraine Ashbourne

(Mary)Steve Evets

(Price Drop Swift)Siobhan Finneran

(Mrs. Swift)Ralph Ineson

(Johnny Jones)
And :
Elliott Tittensor
Robert Emms
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