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  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watc...

Directed By: Adrián Biniez

Written By: Adrián Biniez

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 1 h 24 m

Giant

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watc...

Directed By: Adrián Biniez

Written By: Adrián Biniez

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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88
Gigante represents the sort of artful low-budget accomplishment that could, and should, be coming out of distressingly stingy Chicago once a year — whatever the subject, whatever the sensibility.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
75
Camandule gives a strong performance as the lovesick guard, but Svarcas gets little chance to show her skills. There's minimal dialogue and camera movement -- but lots of charm.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
It's an interesting film but not enthralling, a little like Steven Soderbergh's "Bubble" minus the element of crime.
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70
It is an appealing, gently comedic prologue to a love story.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
The problem is that the film also refuses to move beyond a glacial pace, and its choice to go slow-and-low doesn’t scream art-house aesthetic so much as unintentionally sluggish. For such a small character study, that decision ends up being a doozy of a deal breaker.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW
50
With potentially lethargic materials, Biniez has made a quiet, intent, involving film, a moony-innocent urban alienation fairy tale of bashful ogre and village beauty--and it never quite crests.
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40
Though it takes time to find its courage and heart, Gigante, like its oversized hero, merely has a slow, shy way of doing things.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ctrl Z Films, Rizoma Films, Pandora Filmproduktion, Programa Ibermedia, Montevideo Socio Audiovisual, Hubert Bals Fund, ICAU, IDTV Film, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), Montevideo Para Todos, Primera Copia Festival NCL de La Habana, ZDF/Arte
Release Date Dec 4, 2009
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Cartagena Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Gramado Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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