The Great Pumpkin (film)

1993 film

This article is about the 1993 Italian film. For the Peanuts special, see It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

The Great Pumpkin

Film poster

Directed by| Francesca Archibugi
Written by| Francesca Archibugi
Produced by| Guido De Laurentiis
Starring| Sergio Castellitto
Cinematography| Paolo Carnera
Edited by| Roberto Missiroli

Release date

* 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] and selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2][3] 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" from the comic strip, Peanuts.

## Plot

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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 as Arturo
* Anna Galiena as Cinzia Diotallevi, Pippi's mother
* Armando De Razza as Marcello Diotallevi, Pippi's father
* Alessia Fugardi as Valentina 'Pippi' Diotallevi
* Silvio Vannucci as Gianni
* Alessandra Panelli as Fiorella
* Victor Cavallo as Don Annibale
* Laura Betti as Aida
* Maria Consagra as a sick child's mother
* Lidia Broccolino as Laura
* Raffaele Vannoli
* Giacomo Ciarrapico as Giacomo
* Lara Pranzoni
* Tiziana Bianchi
* Andrea Di Giacomo
* Marco Coda
* Giuseppe Giordani
* Gigi Reder as Prof. Turcati

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Italian films of 1993

## References

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1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Great Pumpkin". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
3. ^ Frook, John Evan (30 November 1993). "Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2008.

## External links

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* The Great Pumpkin at IMDb

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Films directed by Francesca Archibugi

* Mignon Has Come to Stay (1988)
* Towards Evening (1990)
* The Great Pumpkin (1993)
* With Closed Eyes (1994)
* Shooting the Moon (1998)
* Tomorrow (2001)
* Flying Lessons (2007)
* A Question of the Heart (2009)
* An Italian Name (2015)
* Couch Potatoes (2017)
* Vivere (2019)
* The Hummingbird (2022)

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Italian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1947–1960|

* Shoeshine (1947)
* Bicycle Thieves (1949)
* The Walls of Malapaga (1950)
* La Strada (1956)
* Nights of Cabiria (1957)
* Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
* The Great War (1959)
* Kapo (1960)

1961–1980|

* La Notte (1961)
* The Four Days of Naples (1962)
* 8½ (1963)
* Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1964)
* Marriage Italian Style (1965)
* The Battle of Algiers (1966)
* China Is Near (1967)
* The Girl with the Pistol (1968)
* Fellini Satyricon (1969)
* Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
* The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1971)
* Roma (1972)
* Amarcord (1974)
* Scent of a Woman (1975)
* Seven Beauties (1976)
* A Special Day (1977)
* I nuovi mostri (1978)
* To Forget Venice (1979)
* A Leap in the Dark (1980)

1981–2000|

* Three Brothers (1981)
* The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
* And the Ship Sails On (1983)
* Where's Picone? (1984)
* Macaroni (1985)

* Summer Night (1986)
* The Family (1987)
* The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
* Cinema Paradiso (1989)
* Open Doors (1990)
* Mediterraneo (1991)
* The Stolen Children (1992)
* The Great Pumpkin (1993)
* Lamerica (1994)
* The Star Maker (1995)
* My Generation (1996)
* The Best Man (1997)
* Life Is Beautiful (1998)
* Not of this World (1999)
* One Hundred Steps (2000)

2001–2020|

* The Son's Room (2001)
* Pinocchio (2002)
* I'm Not Scared (2003)
* The Keys to the House (2004)
* Don't Tell (2005)
* Golden Door (2006)
* The Unknown Woman (2007)
* Gomorrah (2008)
* Baarìa (2009)
* The First Beautiful Thing (2010)
* Terraferma (2011)
* Caesar Must Die (2012)
* The Great Beauty (2013)
* Human Capital (2014)
* Don't Be Bad (2015)
* Fire at Sea (2016)
* A Ciambra (2017)
* Dogman (2018)
* The Traitor (2019)
* Notturno (2020)

2021–present|

* The Hand of God (2021)
* Nostalgia (2022)
* Io capitano (2023)
* Vermiglio (2024)

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