The Great Pumpkin (1993)
1h 38m
Running Time
February 10, 1993Release Date
The Great Pumpkin (1993)
1h 38m
Running Time
February 10, 1993Release Date
Plot.
An epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error. Out of this mistake begins the difficult journey towards being cured.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Sergio Castellitto
Arturo
Anna Galiena
Cinzia Diotallevi
Alessia Fugardi
Valentina 'Pippi' Diotallevi
Alessandra Panelli
Fiorella
Silvio Vannucci
Gianni
Victor Cavallo
Don Annibale
Francesca Archibugi
Director
Monique Annaud
Producer
Maria Consagra
Madre di Marinella
Lidia Broccolino
Prof. Lodigiani
Guido De Laurentiis
Producer
Raffaele Vannoli
Michele
Fulvio Lucisano
Producer
Giacomo Ciarrapico
Giacomo
Leo Pescarolo
Producer
Roberto Gatto
Composer
Lara Pranzoni
Marinella
Marco Loda
Tonino
Gigi Reder
Prof. Turcati
Armando De Razza
Marcello Diotallevi
Laura Betti
Aida
Carlo Cosolo
Dottore
Monica Rametta
Amica della poetessa
Francesco Siciliano
Invitato alla festa
Ludovica Tinghi
Paola
Paolo Triestino
Antonello
Stella Vordemann
Poetessa
Riccardo Zinna
Gobbi
Michael Billingsley
Sound Editor
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Thanks
Mary Montalto
Assistant Costume Designer
Roberto Missiroli
Editor
Claudio Gaeta
Production Manager
Battista Lena
Original Music Composer
Roberto Sterbini
Foley Artist
Tani Canevari
Steadicam Operator
Paolo Carnera
Director of Photography
Livia Borgognoni
Production Design
Ivan Casalgrandi
First Assistant Camera
Paola Marchesin
Costume Design
Bruno Di Virgilio
Camera Operator
Carlotta Cerquetti
Still Photographer
Elisabetta Boni
Script Editor / Second Assistant Director
Ettore Abate
Electrician
Cesare Paciotti
Makeup Department Head
Luciano Vito
Hairstylist
Romano Pampaloni
Sound Mixer
Paolo Bravi
Second Assistant Camera
Angelo Amatulli
Boom Operator
Fiorenza Muller
Assistant Editor
Alessandro Zanon
Sound
Marco Olivieri
Assistant Property Master
Marina Zangirolami
First Assistant Director
Alessandro Calabrese
Production Secretary
Claudio D'Achille
Property Master
Mario Rossetti
Set Decoration
Stefano Olivieri
Property Master
Antonio Saragò
Production Coordinator
Paola Vargas
Production Assistant
Roberto Martucci
Assistant Editor
Nicoletta Vegezzi
Script Supervisor
Francesca Martinotti
Public Relations
Sandro Fabbriani
Key Grip
Sylvie Fehr
Assistant Editor
Gianna Bellavia
Delegated Producer
Virgilio Palone
Electrician
Sergio Fabbriani
Grip
Stefano Alessi
Gaffer
Mauro Spoletini
Extras Casting Coordinator
Samantha Marsili Libelli
Costume Assistant
Dorina Mari
Administration
Patrizia Biancamano
Public Relations
Donatella Ibba
Executive Music Producer
Guido Nanetti
Assistant Property Master
Maria Fabbrini
Seamstress
Antonio Nigro
Generator Operator
Paola Valeri
Production Assistant
Caterina Botta
Accountant
Monica Ranieri
Makeup Artist
Carmina Citarella
Hairstylist
Maria Rosaria Caracciolo di Torchiarolo
Casting Consultant
Marco Basili
Assistant Production Design
Maurizio D'Achille
Assistant Property Master
Remo Domenico Stilo
Assistant Property Master
Giuseppe Arcà
Assistant Property Master
Donato Taranto
Assistant Property Master
Antonio D'Arienzo
Electrician
Stefano Ranaldi
Grip
Marco Sallustri
Grip
Sergio Lustri
Colorist
Tiziana Bianchi
Andrea Di Giacomo
Giuseppe Giordani
Stefano Narni
Patrizia Rosati
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 10, 1993
Original NameIl Grande Cocomero
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Genres
Wiki.
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, and selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. 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.