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Giant (2009)

Giant poster
Original title
Gigante
Directed by
Adrián Biniez
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Argentina, Germany, France, Uruguay
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A security guard working at a supermarket in Uruguay becomes fixated on a woman he sees on the store's security cameras. He quietly follows her around the city, never speaking to her, as he goes about his lonely routine.

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What happens

Giant (Spanish: Gigante) is a 2009 comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrían Biniez, an Argentinian film director living in Uruguay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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