The Selfish Giant

Oct 25, 2013

1h 31m

★ 7.3

Overview

A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Moonspun Films

BFI

Film4 Productions

The Selfish Giant Trailers

Cast

Arbor

Conner Chapman

Swifty

Shaun Thomas

Kitten

Sean Gilder

Mary

Lorraine Ashbourne

Mick Brazil

Ian Burfield

Price Drop Swift

Steve Evets

Mrs. Swift

Siobhan Finneran

Johnny Jones

Ralph Ineson

Michelle 'Shelly' Fenton

Rebecca Manley

Daniel

Rhys McCoy

Martin Fenton

Elliott Tittensor

Swift Child

Macy Shackleton

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5.3

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0.0

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7.9

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6.9

Making Love

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5.6

Montana

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7.0

Summer to Winter

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6.1

If I Should Die Before I Wake

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6.1

Anywhere Else

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8.9

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7.4

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7.2

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6.3

Sweet Land

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6.5

Killing Words

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A mild-mannered psychopath plays mind-games with a woman he has tied to a chair in his basement.

4.5

Virgin

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0.0

My Air Raid Shelter

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0.0

Přízrak

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No overview available.

6.1

Smile at Last

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