疯长物语

　　The   fil m, directed by John McPhai  l (An na and 
the Apocaly pse), 
tel ls the st  ory of Dinah Littl

e, a no- nonsens e, 

curmudge
only farmer, and C harlie, the unloved
ni
ece who Dinah begrudgi ngly t akes in after discovering her in an or
phanage. Dinah&
#39;s  farm
is in the self
 -proclaimed
 "P

umpkin Capital
of the Wo rld" where the biggest event of the
year is a high-stakes, c utthroat giant-pumpkin-grow ing contest with an enormous cash pri  z
e.
Charlie, w ho has a special bond with plants,  decides to enter the  competition where she a nd the  other  pump k
in grower s 
fa
ce sabotage and a geneti ca lly engine
ered
 riva
l. As s
he nurtures her pumpk in ‘  P eter’ a nd w atches him grow, so doe s a bond between Di nah a
n
d Charlie.