During a lazy summer at a lakeside cottage with his parents, Adam's dull routine is shattered when he meets Riley and Nate, local trouble-making cousins who fight their boredom with debauchery and petty crime. What begins as friendship will lead the boys to a powerful revelation that changes their lives forever. Winner of Best Canadian First Feature Film at the Toronto Film Festival and an Official Selection of Cannes' Critics Week, SLEEPING GIANT is a majestic and haunting ride through the backwoods of a Canadian summer, an emotional journey of youthful liberation.