It’s summertime. Zack and Seth find themselves dead broke and ditched by their absentee mother in the family’s cottage. Just like every holiday, they’ve resigned themselves to another shitty summer. But things change this year, when they meet Danny, a local teenager who introduces them to weed and a sense of adventure. Together, with their future at their fingertips, they begin the great and perilous journey of their lives, that leads them through bleak settings populated by drug dealers and their minions. Despite the darkening sense of threat and tension that permeates the film, THE GIANTS is a delicate, thoughtful, and charming coming-of-age tale.
Keywords
- Belgian cinema
- Belgium
- Best of the decade
- Cannes: Quinzaine des Cinéastes
- Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
- Felix Van Groeningen's favorite films
- Festival de Cannes
- Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
- Love Among Friends
- Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis
- Made with Luxembourg
- Magritte Award for Best Film
- Red Carpet
- Childhood
- Coming of Age
- drugs
- summer
- teen
Actors
- Didier Toupy
- Zacharie Chasseriaud
- Marthe Keller
- Martin Nissen
- Paul Bartel
- Gwen Berrou
- Karim Leklou
Director
- Bouli Lanners
Comedy
1h 24min
FRENCH
A celebration of every boy's dream to be on his own, to go on a fun escape with his best pals, with a touch of Stand by Me and Mark Twain.
A celebration of every boy's dream to be on his own, to go on a fun escape with his best pals, with a touch of Stand by Me and Mark Twain.
It’s summertime. Zack and Seth find themselves dead broke and ditched by their absentee mother in the family’s cottage. Just like every holiday, they’ve resigned themselves to another shitty summer. But things change this year, when they meet Danny, a local teenager who introduces them to weed and a sense of adventure. Together, with their future at their fingertips, they begin the great and perilous journey of their lives, that leads them through bleak settings populated by drug dealers and their minions.
Despite the darkening sense of threat and tension that permeates the film, THE GIANTS is a delicate, thoughtful, and charming coming-of-age tale.
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Bouli Lanners
Cast
Didier Toupy
Cast
Zacharie Chasseriaud
Cast
Marthe Keller
Cast
Martin Nissen
Cast
Paul Bartel
Cast
Gwen Berrou
Cast
Karim Leklou