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The Giant

2016 · 86 min

A quiet, emotionally raw portrait that blends everyday realism with tender fantasy, asking patience and rewarding it with deep empathy.

Directed by
Johannes Nyholm
Genres
Drama
Starring
Christian Andrén, Johan Kylén, Anna Bjelkerud
Overview
A film about Rikard, age 30. He is autistic and severely disfigured. He lives in a home for disabled people. He was separated from his mother as a three-year-old, and this continues to torment him today. To deal with life's trials, Rikard escapes into a fantasy world in which he's a 50-meter-tall giant.

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Directed by
Johannes Nyholm
Genres
Drama
Starring
Christian Andrén, Johan Kylén, Anna Bjelkerud
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • survival
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Johannes Nyholm
Written by
Johannes Nyholm
Starring
Christian Andrén, Johan Kylén, Anna Bjelkerud, Linda Faith, Amin Alabadi, Ola Bjurman, Birgitta Blad, Bengt Carlsson
Cinematography
Johan Lundborg
Runtime
86 min
Country
Sweden, Denmark
Languages
Swedish

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