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A world-famous children's author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends.... It's the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won't die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation. Inspired by real events, GIANT explores with dark humor the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon.

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Nicholas Hytner

Director

John Lithgow

Roald Dahl

Aya Cash

Actor

Elliot Levey

Actor

Rachael Stirling

Actor

Mark Rosenblatt

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Synopsis A world-famous children's author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends.... It's the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won't die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation. Inspired by real events, GIANT explores with dark humor the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon.
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Screenwriter
Mark Rosenblatt
Distributor
Trafalgar Releasing
Production Co
Trafalgar Releasing
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 19, 2026, Limited
Runtime
2h 16m
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