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2016 film

The Giant
Film poster

Swedish	Jätten

Directed by	Johannes Nyholm
Written by	Johannes Nyholm
Produced by	Maria Dahlin
Starring	Christian Andrén
Cinematography	Johan Lundborg
Edited by	Morten Højbjerg Johannes Nyholm
Music by	Björn Olsson
Release dates	9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) (TIFF) 14 October 2016 (2016-10-14) (Sweden)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	Denmark Sweden
Language	Swedish

The Giant (Swedish: Jätten) is a 2016 Danish-Swedish drama film directed by Johannes Nyholm. It was selected to be screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. At the 52nd Guldbagge Awards the film won three Guldbagge Awards, Best Film, Best Screenplay and Makeup and Hair.

Plot summary

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Cast

Christian Andrén as Rikard
Johan Kylén as Roland
Anna Bjelkerud as Elisabeth
Linda Faith as Lina

References

"Goteborg: Indie Sales Acquires Johannes Nyholm's 'The Giant'". Variety. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
"The Giant". TIFF. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
DN.se Article on Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

External links

The Giant at IMDb
The Giant at AllMovie

v t e Guldbagge Award for Best Film
The Silence (1963/64) Swedish Wedding Night (1964/65) Heja Roland! (1965/66) Persona (1966/67) Hugo and Josephine (1967/68) The White Game (1968/69) A Swedish Love Story & Mistreatment (1969/70) The Emigrants (1970/71) The Apple War (1971/72) Cries and Whispers (1972/73) A Handful of Love (1973/74) The Last Adventure (1974/75) Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975/76) The Man on the Roof (1976/77) The Adventures of Picasso (1977/78) A Respectable Life (1978/79) To Be a Millionaire (1979/80) Children's Island (1980/81) The Simple-Minded Murderer (1981/82) Fanny and Alexander (1982/83) Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (1984) My Life as a Dog (1985) The Sacrifice (1986) Pelle the Conqueror (1987) Katinka & Back to Ararat (1988) The Miracle in Valby (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991) House of Angels (1992) The Slingshot (1993) A Pizza in Jordbro (1994) All Things Fair (1995) Hamsun (1996) Tic Tac (1997) Show Me Love (1998) Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999) Songs from the Second Floor (2000) As White as in Snow (2001) Lilya 4-ever (2002) Evil (2003) Dalecarlians (2004) Nina's Journey (2005) Kidz in da Hood (2006) You, the Living (2007) Everlasting Moments (2008) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Sebbe (2010) She Monkeys (2011) Eat Sleep Die (2012) The Reunion (2013) Force Majeure (2014) The Here After (2015) The Giant (2016) The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) Border (2018) And Then We Danced (2019) Run Uje Run (2020) Clara Sola (2021) Triangle of Sadness (2022) Paradise Is Burning (2023)

Guldbagge Award for Best Film

The Silence (1963/64)
Swedish Wedding Night (1964/65)
Heja Roland! (1965/66)
Persona (1966/67)
Hugo and Josephine (1967/68)
The White Game (1968/69)
A Swedish Love Story & Mistreatment (1969/70)
The Emigrants (1970/71)
The Apple War (1971/72)
Cries and Whispers (1972/73)
A Handful of Love (1973/74)
The Last Adventure (1974/75)
Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975/76)
The Man on the Roof (1976/77)
The Adventures of Picasso (1977/78)
A Respectable Life (1978/79)
To Be a Millionaire (1979/80)
Children's Island (1980/81)
The Simple-Minded Murderer (1981/82)
Fanny and Alexander (1982/83)
Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain (1984)
My Life as a Dog (1985)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Katinka & Back to Ararat (1988)
The Miracle in Valby (1989)
Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)
Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991)
House of Angels (1992)
The Slingshot (1993)
A Pizza in Jordbro (1994)
All Things Fair (1995)
Hamsun (1996)
Tic Tac (1997)
Show Me Love (1998)
Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen (1999)
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
As White as in Snow (2001)
Lilya 4-ever (2002)
Evil (2003)
Dalecarlians (2004)
Nina's Journey (2005)
Kidz in da Hood (2006)
You, the Living (2007)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sebbe (2010)
She Monkeys (2011)
Eat Sleep Die (2012)
The Reunion (2013)
Force Majeure (2014)
The Here After (2015)
The Giant (2016)
The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
Border (2018)
And Then We Danced (2019)
Run Uje Run (2020)
Clara Sola (2021)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Paradise Is Burning (2023)

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