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TIFF Picks 09: Adrian Biniez’s Gigante

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Silver Bear, Best First Feature Film and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2009 Berlin Int’l Film Festival, Uruguayan helmer Adrián Biniez’s debut might just continue in the tradition of great, uneasy, social commentaries from the current clique of Latin American filmmakers.

Eric Lavallée

Published on August 25, 2009

#6. GIGANTE

Director: Adrian Biniez
Cast: Horacio Camandulle, Leonor Svarcas
Distributor: Film Movement

Buzz: Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Silver Bear, Best First Feature Film and the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 2009 Berlin Int’l Film Festival, Uruguayan helmer Adrián Biniez’s debut might just continue in the tradition of great, uneasy, social commentaries from the current clique of Latin American filmmakers.

The Gist: Security guard Jara falls in love as he supervises staff through the closed-circuit cameras at a supermarket. First voyeur, then guardian angel, he protects and pursues the cleaning woman who has unknowingly captured his heart. The story-line looks like a cautionary tale about voyeurism, much like Andrea Arnold’s Red Road.

TIFF Schedule: TBA

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).