''The Great Pumpkin'' ( it, Il grande cocomero) is a 1993 Italian
drama film
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directed by
Francesca Archibugi
Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter.
Life and career
Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started ...
. It was screened in the ''
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films w ...
'' section at the
1993 Cannes Film Festival
The 46th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1993. The Palme d'Or went to '' Farewell My Concubine'' by Chen Kaige and ''The Piano'' by Jane Campion.
The festival opened with ''My Favorite Season'', directed by André Téchiné and cl ...
,
and selected as the Italian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
66th Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] The film focuses on Valentina, a young girl, sent to a psychiatric clinic.
A literal translation of the title would substitute "watermelon" for "pumpkin"; however, the phrase has pop culture cachet from being an intentional mistranslation of "
The Great Pumpkin
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" from the comic strip, ''
Peanuts
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''.
Plot
Valentina, nicknamed Pippi, is the daughter of two rich spouses. After having had an attack of epilepsy she is admitted to the department of child neuropsychiatry. The doctor who takes care of her is Arturo, who is immediately convinced that the child has these attacks due to psychological and not psychiatric problems and her family is involved.
Cast
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Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter.
Biography
Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico Na ...
as Arturo
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Anna Galiena
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Movie career
In her youth, Galien ...
as Cinzia Diotallevi, Pippi's mother
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Armando De Razza as Marcello Diotallevi, Pippi's father
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Alessia Fugardi
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as Valentina 'Pippi' Diotallevi
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Silvio Vannucci as Gianni
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Alessandra Panelli
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as Fiorella
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Victor Cavallo
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as Don Annibale
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Laura Betti
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as Aida
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Maria Consagra as a sick child's mother
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Lidia Broccolino as Laura
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as Giacomo
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Lara Pranzoni
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Andrea Di Giacomo
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Marco Coda
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Giuseppe Giordani
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Gigi Reder
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Biography
Born in Naples in to a German father and a Neapolita ...
as Prof. Turcati
See also
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List of Italian films of 1993
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References
External links
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1993 films
1993 drama films
Italian drama films
1990s Italian-language films
Films directed by Francesca Archibugi
1990s Italian films
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