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.
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.
great, pumpkin, film, this, article, about, 1993, italian, film, peanuts, special, great, pumpkin, charlie, brown, great, pumpkin, italian, grande, cocomero, 1993, italian, drama, film, directed, francesca, archibugi, screened, certain, regard, section, 1993, . This article is about the 1993 Italian film For the Peanuts special see It s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown 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 The Great PumpkinFilm posterDirected byFrancesca ArchibugiWritten byFrancesca ArchibugiProduced byGuido De LaurentiisStarringSergio CastellittoCinematographyPaolo CarneraEdited byRoberto MissiroliRelease date10 February 1993 1993 02 10 Running time95 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalianA 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 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditValentina 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 EditSergio 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 TurcatiSee also EditList 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 1993References Edit Festival de Cannes The Great Pumpkin festival cannes com Retrieved 23 August 2009 Margaret Herrick Library Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Frook John Evan 30 November 1993 Acad inks Cates unveils foreign language entries Variety Retrieved 25 August 2008 External links EditThe Great Pumpkin at IMDb This article related to an Italian film of the 1990s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This 1990s drama film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Great Pumpkin film amp oldid 1110982899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
