Da grande (film)
Encyclopedia
Da grande is a 1987 Italian
romantic comedy film
directed by Franco Amurri
, starring Renato Pozzetto
, Ottavia Piccolo
and Alessandro Haber
.
Da grande is one of the coming-of-age comedies that were released in the late 1980s, and has similarities to Big
, the 1988 international blockbuster directed by Penny Marshall
and starring Tom Hanks
.
he was promised. He runs in tears to his room and puts all his heart into wishing he were big and not subject to these indignities. As a result, he bursts through his clothes in the guise of a forty-year-old man (Renato Pozzetto) and seeks refuge in the house of his schoolteacher (Giulia Boschi), who he's secretly in love with. Mentally, he is still eight years old, and it's a puzzle what to do with him, until someone discovers that he has an uncanny rapport with children. Then he becomes a full-time and highly requested babysitter, but shortly after he is suspected of abducting the by-now long-missing child Marco. He then runs out of money, and fakes the kidnapping of himself, but while chased by the police he eventually turns back into the eight-year-old boy.
for best story (Silver Ribbon), the oldest movie award in Europe, assigned since 1946 by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Italy
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romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
directed by Franco Amurri
Franco Amurri
Franco Amurri is an Italian film director, producer and writer best known for directing such films as Da grande, which inspired the Tom Hanks film Big, Monkey Trouble and Flashback....
, starring Renato Pozzetto
Renato Pozzetto
Renato Pozzetto is an Italian personality. He has performed as an actor, director, stand-up comedian and singer in Italy.-Biography:...
, Ottavia Piccolo
Ottavia Piccolo
Ottavia Piccolo is an Italian theatre and film actress. She has appeared in 45 films since 1962. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival for the film Metello.-Selected filmography:* The Leopard...
and Alessandro Haber
Alessandro Haber
Alessandro Haber is an Italian actor, film director and singer.Haber was born in Bologna in a Jewish family of mixed ancestry and spent his childhood in Israel. His movie debut was in 1967 with La Cina è vicina by Marco Bellocchio...
.
Da grande is one of the coming-of-age comedies that were released in the late 1980s, and has similarities to Big
Big
Big is a 1988 romantic comedy film directed by Penny Marshall and stars Tom Hanks as Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged to adulthood overnight...
, the 1988 international blockbuster directed by Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall
Penny Marshall is an American actress, producer and director.After playing several small roles for television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley...
and starring Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...
.
Plot
Eight-year-old Marco Marinelli is a bedwetter, scolded by his mother (Ottavia Piccolo) and teased by his classmates. On his birthday he finds out that his father (Alessandro Haber), who is facing economic difficulties, hasn't brought him the LegoLego
Lego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
he was promised. He runs in tears to his room and puts all his heart into wishing he were big and not subject to these indignities. As a result, he bursts through his clothes in the guise of a forty-year-old man (Renato Pozzetto) and seeks refuge in the house of his schoolteacher (Giulia Boschi), who he's secretly in love with. Mentally, he is still eight years old, and it's a puzzle what to do with him, until someone discovers that he has an uncanny rapport with children. Then he becomes a full-time and highly requested babysitter, but shortly after he is suspected of abducting the by-now long-missing child Marco. He then runs out of money, and fakes the kidnapping of himself, but while chased by the police he eventually turns back into the eight-year-old boy.
Cast
- Renato PozzettoRenato PozzettoRenato Pozzetto is an Italian personality. He has performed as an actor, director, stand-up comedian and singer in Italy.-Biography:...
as grown-up Marco - Joska Versari as normal Marco
- Giulia Boschi as Francesca (Marco's teacher)
- Alessandro HaberAlessandro HaberAlessandro Haber is an Italian actor, film director and singer.Haber was born in Bologna in a Jewish family of mixed ancestry and spent his childhood in Israel. His movie debut was in 1967 with La Cina è vicina by Marco Bellocchio...
as Claudio (Marco's father) - Ottavia PiccoloOttavia PiccoloOttavia Piccolo is an Italian theatre and film actress. She has appeared in 45 films since 1962. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival for the film Metello.-Selected filmography:* The Leopard...
as Anna (Marco's mother) - Alessandro Partexano as the police detective
- Giampiero Bianchi as Nicola (Marco's uncle)
- Gaia Piras as Silvietta (Marco's sister)
- Ilary BlasiIlary BlasiIlary Blasi is an Italian showgirl, model, television personality, and former child actress.-Career:Born in Rome, she started her career at the age of three in an Italian commercial....
as the girl playing hide-and-seek
Reception
Da grande won the Nastro d'argentoNastro d'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics...
for best story (Silver Ribbon), the oldest movie award in Europe, assigned since 1946 by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.