Millions Danny Boyles Character Analysis

An important character in the movie Millions, directed by Danny Boyle is Damian. He is important because he shows us the importance of imagination and spirituality, being altruistic and naivety.

Damian is a 7 year old boy in the film Millions. In the film, Damian shows us the meaning of imagination and spirituality. This can be seen when we see him speaking to different saints such as Saint Peter, Joseph, Francis of assis and Saint Clair. This shows us that he has a big imagination and that he believes in saints which contributes to spirituality. We know Damian is very religious when it comes to Saints not only because he sees and speaks to them but he has a wide range of knowledge. We can hear this whenever he speaks to Saints because he introduces them with there name and dates from when they were born till the day they died. Damian is very spiritual and he strives to do as many good deeds as possible.

Another important attribute towards Damian is that he is very altruistic. There are many scenes that show Damian being altruistic such as when he releases birds with Francis of assis, giving money to the mormon’s with Saint Nicolas . He does this all with
There are many scenes to see Damian's naivety but there is one main scene that shows his naivety at it’s best. It starts with a close up on Damian face on a low angle. It then cuts into an over the shoulder of Damian looking at a mysterious man dressed in all black. We see Damian’s naivety and innocence when he says “I’m sorry, I don’t know who you are.” The audience can tell that it is suspicious of the sudden change of music in the soundtrack. Damian keeps asking questions to the man and when the man answers him with “money” Damian instantly blurts out “are you poor” and then he says that he has loads of money. From this point on the plot is formed. Because of his naivety, Damian gets in whole lot of trouble with the man dressed in