Giant is a 2009 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

, written and directed by Adrían Biniez, an Uruguayan film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 living in Argentina

Argentina

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Plot

Jara (Horacio Camandule) is a security guard at a supermarket who falls in love with Julia (Leonor Svarcas), a cleaning worker from the night shift. Jara is about 30 years old, solitary, quiet and big. That is why before approaching to Julia, he watches her via the television cameras monitoring the supermarket, and then pursues her across the city of Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, where the film takes place.

Cast

• Horacio Camandule as Jara
• Leonor Svarcas as Julia
• Diego Artucio as Omar
• Ariel Caldarelli as Jara's boss
• Fabiana Charlo as Mariela
• Andrés Gallo as Fidel
• Federico García as Matías
• Néstor Guzzini as Tomás
• Esteban Lago as Gustavo
• Ernesto Liotti as Danilo
• Carlos Lissardy as Kennedy

Film Awards

Year	Film Festival	Award	Category
2009	Berlin Film Festival 59th Berlin International Film Festival The 59th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 February to 15 February 2009. The opening film of this year's festival was Tom Tykwer’s The International, screened out of competition...	Jury Grand Prix Jury Grand Prix The Jury Grand Prix is a Silver Bear award given by the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival to one of the feature films in competition...	Best Film
2009	Berlin Film Festival	Alfred Bauer Award	Best Debut Film
2009	Berlin Film Festival	Gold Hugo	New Directors Competition
2009	Havana Film Festival Havana Film Festival The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Spanish-language filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English as Festival of New Latinamerican Cinema of La Havana.The festival takes place...	Grand Coral	First Work
2009	Lima Film Festival	Special Jury Prize	Best Film
2009	San Sebastián International Film Festival San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953...	Horizons Award	Best Film

Submissions

• Berlin Film Festival
  • Golden Bear
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     (nominated)
• Goya Awards
  Goya Awards
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  • Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (nominated)