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Director
Adrián Biniez
Cast
Horacio Camandulle,
Leonor Svarcas,
Néstor Guzzini,
Federico Garcia,
Fabiana Charlo,
Ernesto Liotti
Genre
Drama,
Romance
Jara is a quiet, gentle security guard who works the graveyard shift at a grocery store. As he monitors the store's surveillance cameras, he notices a pretty janitor named Julia. He becomes enamored with her, but lacks the confidence to act on his feelings, so takes to following her around town and admiring her from afar.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
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.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Because of the limitations imposed by the nature of Gigante, and because of Jara's simple, almost childish shyness, the film doesn't transcend its characters. Like Jara, it waits and watches.
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
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.
Chicago Reader
It's an interesting film but not enthralling, a little like Steven Soderbergh's "Bubble" minus the element of crime.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
As unpretentious as it is perceptive, Gigante is a gem.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
It is an appealing, gently comedic prologue to a love story.
Chicago Reader by Cliff Doerksen
It's an interesting film but not enthralling, a little like Steven Soderbergh's "Bubble" minus the element of crime.
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is impeccable but distant, lacking in spontaneity and not very original.
Time Out by David Fear
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.
The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
The film is impeccable but distant, lacking in spontaneity and not very original.
Village Voice
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.
Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton
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.
New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier
Though it takes time to find its courage and heart, Gigante, like its oversized hero, merely has a slow, shy way of doing things.
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