The Selfish Giant 2011
- Director: Clio Barnard
- Based on a story by Oscar Wilde (almost unrecognisably, I might add)
- Cast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne, Ralph Inneson, Ian Burfield, Elliot Tittensor, Rebecca Manley, Steve Evets, Siobhan Finneran
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Shaun Thomas – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
- Lorraine Ashbourne – Blinded by the Light, Breathe, Unforgotten, Adult Life Skills, London Spy, King Kong, Fever Pitch
- Ralph Inneson - Ready Player One, Harry Potter, Merlin, Another Year, Macbeth Re-Told, Black Books, From Hell, Shooting Fish
- Siobhan Finneran – Doctor Who, Downton Abbey, Boy A
- Why? Sounded good
- Seen: 20 January 2022
Arbor (Chapman) and Swifty (Thomas) are
growing up in a derelict corner of northern England. They’re drawn into illegal
activities with the local junk dealer Kitten (Gilder) who has a trotting horse
that Swifty longs to drive.
That’s about it, really. Family troubles.
School troubles.
It’s almost impossible to understand
their dialect. Luckily, we have the Swedish subtitles. The story, what there is
of it, is confusing.
There is drama, though. And suspense. And pain. Social realism worth being compared to Ken Loach.
4 ½ * of 5.
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