Two scrappy 13-year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal. An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighborhood, the two boys meet Kitten (Sean Gilder), a local scrap dealer. Wandering their town with just a horse and a cart, they begin collecting scrap metal for him. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor emulates Kitten - keen to impress him and make some money. However, Kitten favors Swifty, leaving Arbor feeling hurt and excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. As Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event that transforms them all.

Keywords

• Best Tales Adaptations
• British Cinema
• Cinéart: 50 Years of Great Cinema
• Festival de Cannes
• Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
• Film Fest Gent
• Film Fest Gent !
• economy
• friendship

Actors

• Shaun Thomas
• Ian Burfield
• Sean Gilder
• Conner Chapman
• Steve Evets
• Ralph Ineson
• Rhys McCoy
• Lorraine Ashbourne
• Siobhan Finneran

Director

• Clio Barnard