疯长 物语

　　T he film, directed  by Joh n  McPh
ail  (Ann a and 
the Apoc
alyps e),  tells the story of D
 inah Little, a   n
o- nonsense, curmudgeonly f armer,  an d Charlie, the unloved nie ce who Din
ah be gru dgingly takes in after di scovering her  in a
n orphanage. D
inah's farm is in the self-proclaimed
"Pumpkin Capital of  
the  World" whe
re the biggest event of the year is a high -stakes, cutthroat giant-pum pkin-g rowing contest with
 an enormous cash prize. Charlie, who has a s
pe
cial bond with   pl
ants, deci
des  to enter the

competition where
she
and t
he other pu
mpk
in g  rowers fa ce sabotage a  nd a 
genetically engineered rival. As sh e nurtures 
her pumpkin ‘Peter’ and watches him grow, so 
does a bond b
etween Dina
 h and Charlie.