Gigante
What interests me most in ”Gigante” is that it walks the boundary between falling in love and obsession. - - I always thought of ”Gigante” as a subversion of the classic patterns of romantic comedy. ”Gigante”, unlike the former, shows the process of just one of these people: of how he discovers the other one, how he is captured and blinded by the other’s image, how he becomes aware of his condition, and how he finally dares to get into real contact with the other and not only with her image.
– DIRECTOR ADRIÁN BINIEZ
Despite the title, there is nothing gigantic in ”Gigante”, the first feature by Argentinean Adrián Biniez, except for a large Montevideo supermarket in which it is set. This humorous, minimalist account of a solitary 35-year-old supermarket security guard, Jara (played by Horacio Camandule, who looks like a goodwill bear), obsessed with the cleaning woman Julia (Leonor Svarcas), he has never has spoken to, is done with great care. - - Adrian Biniez, who had a small part in one of Uruguay’s best ever received films, ”Whisky”, has turned this slow paced and subtle story, which counts on audiences to fill in the gaps, into a warm-hearted elegy of solitude. - - it is a touching story about loneliness that will probably make ”Gigante” a darling of the festival circuit this year.
– BORISLAV ANDJELIC, FIPRESCI-JURY, BERLINALE 2009
Duration: 90 min
Dialogue: Spanish
Subtitles: English
