疯长物语

　　The
 film, directed by John McPhail (Anna an
d  the A p oca
lypse), te 

lls
the story  of Dinah Little, a no- non sense, curmudg
eon
ly farmer, an d Charlie, the unlov

e d niece who Di nah begrudgingly take
s in aft
er
 discovering her in an orphanage. Dina
 h's farm is in the self-p ro  claimed "Pumpk in Capital of the World" wher  e
 th e biggest event of the year is a high-stakes, cutt hro  at g iant-pumpkin-gr
owing contest wit  h an enormous cash prize. Charlie, who  has a spe cial bond with pl
ants,

decides to enter the comp etit 
ion where 
she a

nd the other
 pumpkin

 growers 
fac e

sabotage an

d 
a g eneti
cally engineere 
d rival. As  she nurtur es her pumpkin ‘Peter’ and
 watc hes him gro 
w,  s o does a bond betw
een Dinah and Charlie.