疯长物语

　　The fil 
m, directed by John
 McPhail (Anna and the Ap ocalypse), tells the story of Din ah Lit tle, a no- no nsense, c u
rmudgeonly farmer, and Charlie, the unloved ni
ece who Dinah begrudg ingly t
akes
in aft er  discovering her
 in an orphanage. Dinah's farm  is in t 
he s e

lf-pro 
claime
d "Pum pkin Ca pital of the World" where t
he  biggest eve
nt 
of the year is a  hi gh-stakes, cu
tth roat
  giant-pumpkin-g  rowing contes t w ith  an  en

ormous  cas
h prize. Charl

ie,  who has  a special bond with plants
, decides to
 enter the competition where she and the 
o ther pumpki n growers
 face sabotage and  a g enetically engineer ed rival. As  she nurtures her p
umpkin ‘Peter’  and watches him grow , so
does a bond between Dinah and C harlie.