Giant
Synopsis
Set in a post-industrial ghost town in Northern England, this gut-wrenching, starkly beautiful portrait of the young and the damned centers on the unlikely friendship between a pair of polar-opposite middle-school outcasts: Arbor, the aggressive skinny blond who is constantly on edge, and his best pal Swifty, a brunet softie with a physique that resembles the cuddly Pooh Bear. Products of their respective dysfunctional families, they see a glimpse of hope when they meet Kitten, the quietly menacing owner of a local scrapyard who lures them with the promise of money in exchange for "collecting" scrap metal for him. It is only a matter of time before they are caught up with greed and envy, causing an inevitable rupture in their friendship to devastating effect. Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s children’s classics, acclaimed director Clio Barnard manages to retain the fairy-tale quality of the original story with a lyrical sensibility that turns this affecting piece of kitchen-sink drama into an instant classic.
電影簡介
橫掃多個電影獎項，英國最令人振奮的新導演，10年憑紀錄片《我寫故我在》中破格的敘事手法，震懾了不少影評人。首部劇情長片即打入康城｢導演雙週｣，成為英國年度重點電影，媲美堅盧治的《飢斯》。改編自王爾德著名童話故事，卻不帶絲毫溫暖，以英式傳統社會寫實主義，冷酷嚴峻地描述孩子，如何被成人污染得蕩然無存。13歲患有過度活躍症的Arbor，與好友Swifty，在學校被排斥，與鄰舍格格不入，無所事事便到處收集爛銅爛鐵，因而認識自私自利的收買佬Kitten。好勝悲觀的Arbor為了討好Kitten，不其然模仿上他尖酸刻薄的性格，可惜Kitten卻偏愛個性溫和樂觀的好友。開始生銹的性格，崩解了這對兄弟的友誼，步向一場不可挽回的悲劇…兩位童星動人的演出，直打觀眾的心坎，教人分外痛徹心扉。
英語對白，中英文字幕
In English with Chinese and English Subtitles
導演 Dir
Clio Barnard
主演 Cast
Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas
獎項 Award
2013 Cannes Directors' Fortnight
2013 Cannes Europa Cinemas Label
2013 Stockholm Film Festival - Bronze Horse (Best Film)
2013 康城導演雙週
2013 康城影展歐洲電影院獎
2013 斯德哥爾摩電影節 - 最佳電影
| 23/2 | Sun | 8:00pm | bc |
| 27/2 | Thu | 7:50pm | ifc |
