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"A joyous heartwarmer with an endearing Mark Twain meets Ken Loach vibe." - Screen International
Two teenage brothers and their tag-along friend navigate a summer by themselves in an abandoned country cottage. As they scavenge for food, hunt for pot and pursue harebrained schemes to make money, they find their bravado repeatedly punctured by the rigours of an adult world they cannot comprehend.
The American coming of age story finds itself transplanted to the countryside of Western Europe in The Giants, the latest film from actor-turned-director Bouli Lanners. Shot with a painter's eye for the lushly wooded Belgian landscape, and filled with Lanners' bittersweet humour and feel for the rhythms of working class life, The Giants is a funny yet melancholic ode to the idleness, adventures and fears of adolescence.
Winner of Best French Language Film and the Art Cinema prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight.
D Bouli Lanners P Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Jani Thiltges, Carole Scotta, Simon Arnal S Bouli Lanners, Elisa Ancion Dist Palace Films L French, Russian w/English subtitles TD 35mm/2011