The Giant

Sinopse

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.

6.1
2016
Released
1h 26m

Christian Andrén

Johan Kylén

Anna Bjelkerud

Linda Faith

Amin Alabadi

Ola Bjurman

Birgitta Blad

Bengt Carlsson

Joachim Carlsson

Axel Danielsson

Lasse Dithmar

Leif Edlund

Pia Edlund

Stina Elinderson

Niclas Fransson

Status

Released

Original Language

Keywords

#sports
#autism
#tournament
#game
#disabled
#disfigurement
#petanque

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Reviews

@Ranganabout 8 years ago

**All he wanted was to be with his mother.** This can be easily the Swedish version of 'The Elephant Man'. It ain't a biography nor a documentary, yet has a simple and heartwarming story. It is also a sport themed flick. The sport not widely known, excluding the Europe. The first feature film for the director and a good film to debut with. He had waited for a decade to make this film and he sho