The Great Pumpkin (film)

The Great Pumpkin
Film poster
Directed by	Francesca Archibugi
Produced by	Guido De Laurentiis
Written by	Francesca Archibugi
Starring	Sergio Castellitto
Cinematography	Paolo Carnera
Edited by	Roberto Missiroli
Release dates	10 February 1993 (1993-02-10)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Great Pumpkin (Italian: Il grande cocomero) is a 1993 Italian drama film directed by Francesca Archibugi. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

The film focuses on Valentina, a young girl, sent to a psychiatric clinic.

A literal translation of the title would substitute "watermelon" for "pumpkin'; the phrase has pop culture cache from being an intentional mistranslation of "The Great Pumpkin" in the Peanuts strips.

Cast

• Sergio Castellitto as Arturo
• Anna Galiena as Cinthya Diotallevi
• Alessia Fugardi as Valentina 'Pippi' Diotallevi
• Silvio Vannucci
• Alessandra Panelli
• Victor Cavallo
• Maria Consagra
• Lidia Broccolino
• Raffaele Vannoli
• Giacomo Ciarrapico
• Lara Pranzoni
• Tiziana Bianchi
• Andrea Di Giacomo
• Marco Coda
• Giuseppe Giordani
• Gigi Reder as Prof. Turcati

References

External links

• The Great Pumpkin at the Internet Movie Database