Giant (Basque: Handia) is a 2017 Basque-language drama film directed by Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño.

[3] The film is based on the life of Miguel Joaquín Eleicegui [es] (1818–1861) who suffered from gigantism and was known as the "Giant from Altzo".

He returns to his family's small farm in the village of Altzo in the Basque Country, where he discovers his younger brother, Joaquin, has grown into a giant.

Martin, longing to migrate to America, sees the financial opportunity in marketing the "tallest man on Earth."

The brothers eventually visit Stonehenge where, in a surreal, early morning ritual, Joaquin is introduced to two other giants: Saad and Esther.

When the brothers briefly return home, Martin marries Maria, whom Joaquin courted before he grew to an unusual height.

English language critics have been equally enthusiastic, praising especially its visual brilliance while noting that the plot loses momentum towards the end.

[8] Though it had been long believed that the body of Miguel Joaquín Eleicegui had been sold or stolen, the mystery was solved three years after the movie was released when a team from the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi [es] exhumed his bones in the local Altzo cemetery.