Director:Keith Behrman
CANADA, 2018 English 93 minutes
Principal Cast: Josh Wiggins, Maria Bello, Darren Mann,Kyle MacLachlan, Taylor Hickson, Niamh Wilson, Peter Outerbridge
Adolescents face enormous pressure to make life-defining decisions every day and they want to lock in their identities sooner than later. All of this pressure is exacerbated by physical and social changes.
Franky (Josh Wiggins, Mean Dreams), the hero of Keith Behrman’s exquisite and gener- ous Giant Little Ones, is under more pressure than most. His life was altered when his father (Kyle MacLachlan, television’s Twin Peaks) left his mother (Maria Bello, A History of Violence, Prisoners) for a man. Franky is left confused, feeling like he has to figure out his sexuality right away to avoid the disruption he blames his father for.
Determined to hide his uncertainty from his best friend and his girlfriend, Franky doesn’t realize he’s not the only one who doesn’t know where he stands. When a wild party ends up in a way none of them could have expected, Franky and his friends are forced to decide what kind of people they want to be.
Giant Little Ones is a sensitive and touching look at that point in adolescence when free- dom is both intoxicating and terrifying — and feelings are both elegiac and erotic. It’s driven by extraordinary young talents, along with
great work from veterans MacLachlan, Bello, and Peter Outerbridge (television’s Orphan Black) and the subtle, evocative directorial touch of Behrman, whose Flower & Garnet won the 2002 Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature.
“The film belongs to [Josh] Wiggins, who brings an openness and sincerity to Franky’s struggles that help suggest to what extent his character’s specific story has elements that everybody will be able to relate to.”
—Boyd van Hoeji, The Hollywood Reporter
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