Smoking weed, joyriding, stealing food: the ‘giants’ from the title are full of mischief. It’s a languid summer vacation in the Ardennes mountains of Belgium and the three teenage boys Zak, Seth and Dany have been left to their own devices by their parents. Without a penny in their pocket, they have to fend for themselves. The ideal recipe for an exciting boys book: a series of fairytale adventures in woodlands and over meandering rivers in which not only the local drug dealer and Dany's crazy brother, but also three pigs, angry wolves and a good fairy turn up.
The worlds of the Belgian actor/director Bouli Lanners are always populated by colourful, eccentric characters. Just as in Ultranova (2005) and Eldorado (2008), Lanners creates a universe of his own that is perched between magic realism and wry-comic absurdity. The painter in Lanners betrays himself in the majestic CinemaScope images. The Giants (SACD Prize in Cannes) is a modern, poetic, bittersweet fairytale about fragile family bonds and pure friendships.
- Director
- Bouli Lanners
- Countries of production
- Belgium, France, Luxembourg
- Year
- 2011
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 84'
- Medium
- 35mm
- International title
- The Giants
- Language
- French
- Producers
- Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Carole Scotta, Simon Arnal, Jani Thiltges
- Production Companies
- Versus Production, Haut et Court, Samsa Film
- Sales
- Memento Films International
- Screenplay
- Bouli Lanners, Elise Ancion
- Cinematography
- Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
- Editor
- Ewin Ryckaert
- Production Design
- Paul Rouschop
- Sound Design
- Marc Bastien
- Music
- The Bony King of Nowhere
- Cast
- Paul Bartel, Zacharie Chasseriaud
- Local Distributor
- EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- Website
- http://international.memento-films.com/catalogue/the-giants